An article about the day back in 1957 when Louis Armstrong decided that the time had come for him to speak out on racism.
Definitely worth reading.
Category: Civil rights
“The Rules of the Gun Debate”
It is almost as though the debating rules for the gun debate in the US are designed to ensure that the debate is never resolved.
Twenty people were killed in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas on August 4, 2019. Just as I finished proofreading this post at around 0215 on August 5, 2019, my phone received a notification of a different mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.
Sigh.
Note that this post references an article in
“‘A Civil Rights Issue’: Groups Hope Courts Will Toss Out First-Past-the-Post”
I’m uncomfortable with the idea that the courts will decide how our elections work. On the other hand, there’s a clear conflict of interest with having our elected representatives decide how they will get re-elected in the future.
At the very least, this court case should be interesting to follow.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/04/25/First-Past-The-Post-Civil-Rights-Issue/
“Viola Desmond Gets Her Seat”
An April 2019 Globe and Mail feature about the impact of Viola Desmond’s refusal, on November 8, 1946, to move to the balcony in the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/article-viola-desmond-gets-her-seat/