All posts tagged "civil rights movement"
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Studio Theatre’s Purlie Victorious Is Funny, Fierce, and Timely
Psalmayene 24 stages a swell Old South farce in the richly pleasing Purlie Victorious, balancing broad comedy with biting commentary.
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Young John Lewis Brims with Energy, Despite Rough Edges
Mosaic's lively staging brings John Lewis’ early activism to life with energy and soul, though its lyrics don’t always rise to the occasion.
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Malcolm Kenyatta Is Ready to Rebuild the Democratic Party
Malcolm Kenyatta, the DNC's gay vice chair, has a message for his party: Stop waiting for a hero and get to work.
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California lawmakers seek pardon for gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin
A pair of California lawmakers have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to issue a posthumous pardon to Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civil rights leader...
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Obama links gay rights and civil rights movements in Selma speech
— President Barack Obama marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches during a speech at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. “We’re...
