civil rights

Rabbi Perry Nussbaum, Civil Rights, And Jackson's Jewish Community

A new Mississippi resident learns about other northern women's sojourns south

When I was nine years old, my family sat me down to watch the landmark documentary Eyes on the Prize. ...

If you had to pick one figure from Black history who inspires you, who would it be? An unfair question ...

We all know this adage to be true: History repeats itself. Unless, of course, we can learn from it and ...

This week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declared that workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees is barred, citing Title VII of the ...

As we are approach the end of the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot, I’m ...

This past summer I had the opportunity to be a part of the Religious Action Center’s (RAC) college internship program, Machon ...

There’s a slight curve to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The curve means that you can’t see what’s ...

This piece was written jointly by Lonnie Kleinman and Lex Rofes. An article about the soon-to-be-released film Selma recently appeared ...