#CivilRights

Mayor Bass Issues Statement Following the Passing of Former Los Angeles City Councilmember and Civil Rights Leader Billy G. Mills

  LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass July 6 issued the following statement on the passing of civil rights leader…

2 months ago

photos from the edge 33 – What Could Have Been, Half A Century After The Grape Strike

  Photo essay by David Bacon June 18 https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2026/06/photos-from-edge-33-what-could-have.html    Rafael Navarro, 72 years old, still works as a farm…

2 months ago

“You have to be willing to put yourself in harm’s way”: Congressman Robert Garcia on resisting Trump

Organizers of the Black History Month event in Long Beach had been asked not to pre-announce Congressman Robert Garcia’s appearance…

3 months ago

photographs from the edge 29 – A Monument To Civil rights?

It makes no sense to me to celebrate our civil rights victories, and preserve the places that help us remember…

5 months ago

Border Patrol and ICE Murder Another Legal Observer in Minneapolis

Videos have already shown that agents had disarmed him of the weapon he was legally allowed to carry before they…

7 months ago

Breaking Chains, Building Solidarity

The Black experience in San Pedro’s schools was a paradise compared to the separate but unequal schools elsewhere in the…

2 years ago

Remembering the Wobblies and the Klan 100 Years Later

Earlier this month, the San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice and Code Pink commemorated the 100th anniversary of the…

2 years ago

Deacon Clements ― A Story of Faith, Good Works, and Community Bonds

It is documented that Martin Luther King Jr. said something similar: “I think it is one of the tragedies –…

3 years ago