Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
Alice White: the principal who influenced Rosa Parks (1).(Brief biography)(Report)
- Article from:
-
Vitae Scholasticae
- Article date:
-
January 1, 2006
- Author:
- Morice, Linda
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 Caddo Gap Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The recent passing of Rosa Parks has prompted interest in the life story of the civil rights heroine who quietly refused to be treated as a second-class citizen. Fourteen years before her death, Parks recalled in her autobiography that her school principal, Alice White, was an important guidepost in her growth as a civil rights activist. (2) Other women leaders of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56--Johnnie Carr and Erna Dungee Allen--likewise identified their principal, Alice White, as an influential person in their development. (3) On the surface, White seems an unlikely candidate for such distinction. A White woman from Massachusetts, she was over 70 years of age when ...
|
Marching to a new war; civil rights groups face a conservative challenge,...
U.S. News & World Report;
March 6, 1995 ;
Cooper, Matthew;
787 words
......1965, a dignified, unarmed column of civil rights marchers crossed an Alabama bridge...Rights Act. Thirty years later, the civil rights movement is crossing another bridge...first Republican Congress since the civil rights movement of the 1960s is eager to repeal...
|
|
Civil rights office called inefficient Unfilled top post seen as weakness
The Boston Globe;
December 26, 1993 ;
Ana Puga, Globe Staff;
787 words
...WASHINGTON -- The lack of a civil rights chief at the Justice Department, 11...during the administration's first year, civil rights leaders say. Officials at the department...post of assistant attorney general for civil rights. Reno and Associate Attorney General...
|
|
Civil Rights Coalition Clicks On Tomorrow
The Washington Post;
May 10, 2001 ;
Roxanne Roberts;
752 words
...Where's the modern civil rights movement? Double-click here. Okay...night's Leadership Conference on Civil Rights dinner at the Hilton Washington...buzzwords are diversity, global civil rights, digital empowerment -- it's all...
|
|
USDA is committed to improving civil rights
Philadelphia Tribune, The;
July 28, 2000 ;
608 words
......2000 USDA is committed to improving civil rights A few months ago in this column, I discussed...progress we had made to improve our civil rights performance at USDA. But I want to revisit...important and because the pursuit of civil rights is an ongoing journey. On June 29, I...
|
|
The Civil Rights Identity of Bayard Rustin
Texas Law Review;
April 1, 2004 ;
Carbado, Devon W; Weise, Donald;
787 words
...Introduction Boyard Rustin was the consummate civil rights strategist and humanitarian.1 Indeed...integrate nonviolent direct action into the civil rights movement, and if he were remembered...the quintessential outsider in black civil rights circles for much of his life.8 For...
|
|
Changes at Civil Rights Panel may show shift in civil rights
Call & Post;
December 30, 2004 ;
787 words
...To advocates for the traditional civil rights movement, President George Bush's decision...Gerald Reynolds as chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission was more than just a Republican...a key appointment. According to some civil rights leaders, it reflected a total changing...
|
|
UNSOLVED CIVIL RIGHTS CRIMES:GRACE CHUNG BECKER
Congressional Testimony;
June 12, 2007 ;
787 words
......Becker Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division United States Department of...Security Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties June 12, 2007 As the Civil Rights Division celebrates its 50th Anniversary...
|
|
Ordinary people, extraordinary stories; Building world's largest civil...
New Pittsburgh Courier;
March 14, 2004 ;
684 words
......AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights are unveiling a year-long, multi-faceted...archive of first-hand accounts of the civil rights struggle in America, supported by an...disabilities, Hispanics and others. "In the civil rights struggles of the '50s and '60s, those...
|
|
Assessing presidential communications in civil rights policymaking....
Policy Studies Journal;
September 22, 1993 ;
Shull, Steven A. Ringelstein, Albert C.;
787 words
......submerged throughout American history, civil rights issues have never been far from...of its highly emotional content, civil rights has varied in salience over time. Certainly in the modern era civil rights has emerged as a prominent public...
|
|
Federal leadership on civil rights standards: What can we expect?
Human Rights;
April 1, 2001 ;
Igasaki, Paul M;
787 words
...History has demonstrated that civil rights standards must be set at the federal...House. The conservative decisions in the civil rights area made by the current Court, and...that have yet to be decided, make the civil rights approaches coming from the White House...
|
|
A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement.(Book Review)
Southern Cultures;
December 22, 2004 ;
Anderson, S. Willoughby;
787 words
...A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement By Jim Carrier Harcourt...Carrier's Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement begins the reader's tour...Carrier anchors his trail of civil rights struggle in the defining foundations...
|
|
|
The dynamics and interactions between the president's and the public's...
Policy Studies Journal;
September 22, 1993 ;
Cohen, Jeffrey E.;
787 words
......characterized as minor and reactive players in civil rights policy (Shull, 1989). Both Dwight D...Kennedy were slow to take action on civil rights until events forced them to do so. All...described either as having neglected civil rights or as having pursued policies that reversed...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|