Fighting for Civil Rights: Then and Now
Dr. Martin Luther King speaks March 25, 1967 at the Chicago peace march. AP Photo/Chick Harrity
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The 21st wanted to invite a multigenerational panel of Illinoisians who were active in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960's. We also invited activists from younger generations as the fight for racial justice continues.
Guests:
Father Joseph Brown, professor of Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University, ordained Jesuit priest, activist, and East St. Louis native
Nancy Maxwell, activist and founding member of the Southern Illinois Unity Coalition
Drake Materre, member of Black Students for Revolution at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Laqueanda Reneau, Youth Organizer at VOYCE-Voices of Youth in Chicago Education
I cannot, anymore, tolerate hearing "This is not what America is. We're better than this." History tells us otherwise. From the 1860's to the 1940's "riots" meant armed white Americans invading buildings, neighborhoods, etc. And destroying property and killing people.
— Joseph A Brown SJ (@jbrownsj) January 7, 2021
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