ben crump How Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Keeps Faith That America Can Overcome Racism Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has stood by and comforted too many families whose Black loved ones have been killed by police or civilian vigilantes — from George Floyd to Daunte Wright to Trayvon Martin. Crump joined LX News host Ashley Holt to discuss how he remains optimistic that our country will win the fight against racism.
decentralized government These Two Examples Show Government Without Political Parties Can Work George Washington called it 225 years ago. Under political parties, our representatives in government will focus on consolidating their power and infighting instead of solving problems.
decentralized government Can Government Work Without Political Parties? Two Examples Prove It Can Is it possible to have a government that isn’t driven by ideological differences? Examples in North America alone, including one state house in the U.S., show that government bodies can be designed to avoid political parties and encourage cooperation. NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull takes a closer look at the possibilities of decentralized government.
black history month Why Black History Month Still Matters Supporters contend Black History Month matters more in 2021 than ever before
black power movement Before Black Lives Matter, the Black Power Movement Called for Freedom From White Supremacy In the late 1960s and 70s, decades before Black Lives Matter was founded, the Black Power movement was fighting for the right of Black Americans to be free of white supremacy. The term “Black Power,” made famous by activist Stokely Carmichael, demands that Black Americans have the freedom to create economic, political and cultural power of their own. NBCLX explores...
black history month Between Two Worlds: What Black History Month Means to First-Generation Black Americans Identifying as a Black person in America can be complicated — especially for first-generation Americans. NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo, a first-generation American herself, talked to a group of others about identity, community and what Black History Month means to them.
underground railroad The Southern Underground Railroad Was the Route to Freedom That History Forgot We all know about the Underground Railroad —the network that Harriet Tubman and others used to bring enslaved people from the South to the northern free states in the years through the Civil War. But you likely haven’t learned about the alternate route to freedom that ran through Florida and existed with the help of the Black Seminoles. This is...
U.S. history 5 Inspirational Inauguration Quotes From Kennedy, Bush, Obama, Roosevelt and Eisenhower “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Franklin D. Roosevelt declared at his inauguration. “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” said John F. Kennedy at his swearing-in ceremony. We looked back at some of the most inspiring quotes in inauguration history from Roosevelt, Kennedy, Dwight D....
media The History of American Media as Seen Through Its Coverage of Presidential Inaugurations The ceremonial transfer of power from one U.S. president to another is an event that transfixes the nation every four years. And as the decades have passed, advances in technology have allowed the media to tell that story in an evolving way — from illustrations to the use of photographs, radio, video and finally digital media. NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull...
Inauguration Day Trump's Refusal to Attend Biden's Inauguration Breaks a Long Tradition of Polite Presidential Transitions The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States is going to look vastly different than the ceremonies of his predecessors, and the most striking difference may be that outgoing President Donald Trump will not attend. George Washington University history professor Edward Berkowitz joined LX News to explain what usually goes down on Inauguration Day and...
