Lyndon B. Johnson
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Newark Mayor Addresses Pain of Blacks Living in Poverty
Fifty years after the Kerner Commission, and the birth of a mass movement to expand housing and employment opportunities to…
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Fair Housing’s Unfinished 50-Year Journey
Although golden anniversaries are often considered milestone moments accompanied by festive celebrations, two such observances in April 2018 are bittersweet…
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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Happy Birthday Medicaid, From the Millions Who Love and Need You
Why are so many people across our country standing up to protect Medicaid? Because Medicaid is a lean, efficient and…
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EDELIN: Civil Rights — A Revolution Unfinished
The civil rights revolution in the nation's capital remains incomplete — but in education, and all it influences, we are…
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LBJ’s Defenders Cheapen his Accomplishments
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Lyndon B. Johnson has done more to help African Americans and poor people…
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The Biggest Problem with ‘Selma’ Has Nothing to Do with LBJ or the Oscars
(The Washington Post) – “Selma” delivers a powerful dramatization of the bloody civil rights march in Alabama that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act…
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King and LBJ Stood Together
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson NNPA Guest Columnist The new highly-acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon…
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Ava DuVernay Responds to LBJ Aide’s Criticisms of ‘Selma’
(Entertainment Weekly) – In the wake of criticisms of Selma’s characterization of President Lyndon B. Johnson, director Ava DuVernay argued that…
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‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay Responds To LBJ Criticisms
Christopher Rosen, THE HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post)—An Oscar contender isn’t an Oscar contender without cries of inaccuracy. That’s where…
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The War on Poverty – and MLK
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty at roughly the…
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