civil rights

PR for People® Wants Student Writers!

PR for People Team
March 17, 2017
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Education

PR for People® is actively seeking high school students to write Op-Ed articles about topics covering civil rights, civil disobedience and activism. These articles will be published in the April issue of PR for People “The Connector” Magazine and on the PR for People News portal.

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Letter from Birmingham Jail Excerpts

PR for People Team
September 02, 2025

During these times of unconscionable tyranny in America, we can look to our past to find solace among the words Dr. Martin Luther King. He  wrote the excerpts below while he was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama. His only crime had been "parading without a permit" after leading a nonviolent demonstration against segregation. Allow his words to inspire and ignite you to resist injustice and stand tall for what is right. This is the gospel truth, so help us God.

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Ivan McRae: Yonkers Tuskegee Airman

Mary Hoar
February 05, 2025

Yonkers Historian Mary Hoar writes about Tuskegee Airman Ivan McRae, who made a lifelong commitment to community service. Ivan McRae believed in the non-violent tradition of the American Civil Rights movement. His brave actions helped to forever change the history of the American Armed Forces. He is a shining example of what it takes for one man to make his mark on the world.

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Justice Without Fear or Favor

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Annie Searle
June 15, 2023

In the 1960s, a relatively new technology was able to record and broadcast as news the behavior of citizens and law enforcement in Southern states, in particular Alabama and Mississippi. The rhetoric matched the behavior, as protesters or voting rights advocates were beaten while the police stood by. One cannot repeat the names called, but can remember still the violent speech used by segregationists as they fought against the change that was coming.

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“Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.'' - From The Prophet Amos

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Annie Searle
January 20, 2020

On January 9, 1987, a date when most of my current students had not yet been born, President Ronald Regan proclaimed the third Monday in January of each year a public holiday in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK). He left an indelible mark upon me and hundreds of thousands of other Americans.

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The Whole World is Watching

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Patricia Vaccarino
November 12, 2018

In "The Whole World is Watching," Patricia Vaccarino reminds us that fifty years have passed since the Chicago Democratic Convention anti-war protests took place in August, 1968. Now in 2018, the whole world is indeed watching to see what Americans will do to restore normalcy to the White House. Restoring normalcy means we need to take back our democracy.

 

 

 

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