Civil Rights Presentation by Charles Prickett

I propose to present an engaging program addressing justice, civil rights and equality in a civil society. The program puts you in the trenches of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. These are the events that lead to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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MEETING MRS. FANNIE LOU HAMER

During the summer of 1964, I was one of about 1,000 volunteers who came to Mississippi to assist SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee), CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), and COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) in the struggle for civil rights. During that summer, we operated Freedom Schools, organized the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, tried to…

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Critical Race Theory

Word Cloud with Critical Race Theory concept

Critical Race Theory is not being taught in schools, except seminars in grad school or law school. I see all those people shouting about CRT as a threat to their child’s education as uninformed and frightened racists.  A legislator in Tennessee said his reason for proposing legislation to keep it our the public schools is ‘I…

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Diversity Statement for Your Organization

Photo of a group creating a Diversity Statement

Are you struggling with how to bring diversity to your organization, or write a Diversity Statement for your organization? Diversity Statements for Businesses and Organizations Diversity is all about the unique ways we differ as people, and the value those differences bring to our workplace and our organization. Some of our differences are physical, such…

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John Lewis: A Brother

John Lewis:  A Brother I met John Lewis during the1964 Mississippi Summer Project, later known as  Mississippi Freedom Summer.  I had heard him speak at the March On Washington in August of 1963.  He was very focused and forceful, but his speech was changed because some felt it called for violence, and the following passage…

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Freedom Schools and Black History

African American life and history were an integral part of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s, especially the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964.  This particular part of the push to empower Black communities all across Mississippi and the South significantly impacted public education and spurred the achievement of equal opportunity for Black communities.               Even though…

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Civil Rights: Then and Now

Civil Rights:  Then and Now The civil rights movement in the 1960s is being reflected in today’s movements, but it appears history is repeating itself in the public perception of today’s Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.  There are many more similarities and differences, but the main difference…

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Succeeding in Our Public Schools

Changing Our Public Schools… For centuries, people of color in the United States of America were banned from public schools.  These laws, which were prevalent in the South but also were passed by state legislatures in the Southwest and Midwest, segregated blacks and whites in all aspects of public life, including attendance of public schools. …

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Voting in America

Voting in America… The United States of America is a democracy.  All citizens vote in elections to elect public officials, approve or disapprove taxes, and a wide range of other issues, depending upon the state in which the voter resides.  Except that all citizens cannot vote.   Historically, people of color were denied the right to…

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