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  • President Obama Honors Bayard Rustin
    August 10, 2013
    | Peter Dreier
    Peter Dreier says the time is right for the civil rights activist with "four strikes against him" to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • Recommended Reading: The Detroit Bankruptcy
    July 31, 2013
    | John Light
    Review thought-provoking articles and columns about Detroit's bankruptcy and what it says about the past and future of America's cities.
  • The State of Rights and Wrongs
    July 30, 2013
    | Bernard Weisberger
    Historian Bernard Weisberger reminds us not to confuse “state rights” with “state sovereignty."
  • Send Us Your Stories of the March on Washington
    July 26, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    We're compiling essays and photos of the March on Washington that we'll post here on BillMoyers.com to celebrate the March's 50th anniversary later this summer.
  • Turning Points of the Civil Rights Era
    July 25, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Learn about fifteen important events in the 1950s and 1960s that changed the course of the fight for racial equality in America.
  • Voices of Nonviolence
    July 25, 2013
    Words of wisdom from Nelson Mandela, Maidred Maguire, John Lewis, Tim DeChristopher, Grace Lee Boggs and James Cone.
  • John Lewis Steps Back Into History
    July 22, 2013 | Moyers & Company
    While visiting the spot of his 1963 March on Washington speech, Rep. John Lewis, along with Bill Moyers, conducts a spontaneous lesson in civil rights history.
  • The Condemnation of Blackness
    July 19, 2013
    "To think and talk about African-Americans as criminal is encoded deeply in our DNA” and is important to connecting the dots in Ferguson, Staten Island and elsewhere.
  • Watch 'Harvest of Shame'
    July 19, 2013
    | John Light
    Edward R. Murrow's 1960 documentary on migrant workers is just as powerful -- and relevant -- today.
  • The Fight to Protect Voting Rights in Texas
    July 13, 2013
    | Theresa Riley
    Those who think voter discrimination is no longer a problem in Texas need only look back to last summer to see evidence to the contrary.


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