James Madison University calendar: Jan. 16-25
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Campus events and activities at James Madison University.
Search Results for civil rights
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NAACP chairman keynotes Washington and Lee Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
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Her speech and all other events in the multi-day program, “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” are open to the public at no charge.
The need for a truth and reconciliation process
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The killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have sparked a national outcry to end the epidemic of police brutality against black men. I believe our greatest hope lies in creating a truth and reconciliation process.
Virginia Historical Society Programs Calendar 2015
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The 2015 calendar of events at the Virginia Historical Society.
Charlottesville man receives right to vote, registers immediately at governor’s media conference
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Davon Miller received his certificate showing his rights had been restored at a meeting with the Governor and Secretary of the Commonwealth Levar Stoney.
Virginia Tech’s ‘What Happened to the Dream?’ celebration honors Martin Luther King’s legacy
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To remember the life and legacy of civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr., Virginia Tech will host, “What Happened to the Dream?”, a ten-day celebration beginning Jan. 19.
Kaine urges Department of Education to provide information on sexual assaults
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine submitted a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressing the current issues associated with sexual violence on college campuses.
Inside the Newsroom: Rolling Stone backs off, New York stands up
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Augusta Free Press editors Crystal Graham and Chris Graham dive into two major news stories in this edition of Inside the Newsroom.
Racial divide and be conquered
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I read this post from the blog Gawker on a topic related to the racial tensions resulting from the inexplicable grand-jury actions in Missouri and New York that let a pair of cops who killed unarmed petty-crime suspects go free.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice, and freedom, everywhere
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At the surface, the tensions over the failure of grand juries in Missouri and New York to indict cops who killed unarmed suspects in a pair of recent petty-crime cases have been directed at police.
