Tag: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Aerial Photograph of the March Reaching the Capitol Building

Selma: The Marches that Changed America

by ncurrie, posted in Civil Rights Protest & Issues, Voting Rights

Today's post was written by Billy R. Glasco, Jr., archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum The Selma Marches were a series of three marches that took place in 1965 between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. These marches were organized to protest the blocking of Black Americans' right to vote by the systematic racist structure of … Continue reading Selma: The Marches that Changed America

Gwen Ifill, “A Journalist’s Journalist”

by Ligon, posted in Black Women, Tribute/News

Today's Tribute was written by Dr. Tina L. Ligon, Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives at College Park “Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don’t ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.” ~ Gwen Ifill On November 14, 2016, Gwen Ifill … Continue reading Gwen Ifill, “A Journalist’s Journalist”