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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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National Constitution Center: NCC Staff- How Dr. Martin L. King Cited The Constitution in His Mountaintop Speech
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Dr. King used the Constitution to make his case for the civil rights movement all the time and did it in a very intelligent and accurate way. Saying that African-Americans had … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil Rights, Uncategorized
Tagged 1968, African American History, African-American Community, America, American History, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Equal Rights, Martin Luther King Jr, Mountaintop Speech, Reverend Martin Luther King, The 1960s, United States
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The New Republic: Opinion- Clint Smith: Affirmative Action As Reparations
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The main reason why I oppose affirmative action at least in the sense of reward any American or Americans based on race, ethnicity, or gender, is because I have this old … Continue reading
Constitution Daily: Staff- Debating Affirmative Action: The Case Against Racial Preferences and For Equal Rights and Protection
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Constitution Daily: Staff- Debating Affirmative Action: The Case Against Racial Preferences and For Equal Rights and Protection As a Liberal, I’m against racial preferences regardless of who they’re tended to … Continue reading
Foreign Affairs: Opinion- Graham K. Brown and Arnim Langer: ‘Lessons From Affirmative Action Around The World’
Source:The New Democrat “Americans tend to think of affirmative action as a uniquely American institution: an outgrowth of the civil rights movement, intended primarily to improve economic opportunities for African Americans, who have continued to face obstacles to equality long … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights
Tagged Affirmative Action, America, Armin Langer, Associated Press, Civil Rights, Economic Development, Economic Freedom, Education, Equal Rights, Free Society, Graham K. Brown, Individual Freedom, Infrastructure, Job Training, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Poverty in America, United States
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James Miller Center: President Lyndon Johnson Signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Source: James Miller Center: LBJ Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signing of the 1964 Civil Rights is one of the most important moments in American history. Because he signed a law that granted access to millions of … Continue reading
Slate: Opinion: Tanner Colby: Its Time For Progressives to Admit Affirmative Action is Not Working: How to Ensure Equal Rights and Protections For All
Slate: Opinion: Tanner Colby: Affirmative action: Its Time For Progressives to Admit its Not Working Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger As a … Continue reading
Canal de Anblog: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 1963 March on Washington
Source: This piece was originally posted at FRS Daily Press on WordPress: Canal de Anblog: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 1963 March on Washington The people at the March on Washington certainly weren’t dreaming and were at the start of … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Rights
Tagged 1963 March on Washington, African American History, African-American Community, American History, Bob Dylan, Civil Rights Movement, Equal Justice, Equal Rights, Hollywood, I Feel a Change Comin on, Individual Freedom, Joan Baez, Martin Luther King, The 1960s, Times Are a Changin, Washington, Washington DC, Washington Monument
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C-SPAN: President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 Address on Civil Rights: What it Means to be a Liberal Democrat
C-SPAN: Video: President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 Address on Civil Rights: What it Means to be a Liberal Democrat When I think of how Democrats should be and this is going to sound real arrogant, but I look at myself … Continue reading
Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge- Peter Robinson Interviewing James Pierson: ‘The Rise & Fall of Liberalism’
Source: This piece was originally posted at FRS FreeState Again I separate Progressivism from liberalism and the progressivism From Teddy Roosevelt in the early twentieth century all the way up through the 1950s up until John F. Kennedy is progressivism … Continue reading
Posted in Uncommon Knowledge
Tagged America, Anarchists, Bill Clinton, Center Left, Civil Liberties, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Equal Justice, Equal Opportunity, Equal Rights, Far-Left, Federal Republic, Federalism, James Pierson, John F. Kennedy, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Democrats, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, McGovernites, New Left, New-Democrats, Occupy Wall Street, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Peter Robinson, Social Democrats, Socialists, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Wendell Willkie
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Learn Liberty: Aeon Skoble- Individualism vs. Collectivism
Source: This piece was originally posted at FRS FreeState There are many types of governments in the world, governments where freedom is vast economically and socially and people have the right to elect their own leaders with open and free multi-party … Continue reading
Posted in Liberal Democracy
Tagged Aeon Skoble, Constitutional Rights, Economic Freedom, Equal Justice, Equal Rights, Equality, Federalism, Federalists, Freedom, Individual Freedom, Individualism, Learn Liberty, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, U.S. Constitution
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