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YouSpeak: Same-Sex Marriage
For this week's YouSpeak, BU Today asks: "Should same-sex marriage be legalized nationally?"
Read the story on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/youspeak-same-sex-marriage
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The Freedom Singers perform "Woke Up This Morning" at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963
The Freedom Singers perform "Woke Up This Morning" at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963. Taken from the album "The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - The Evening Concerts: Vol. 1" (Vanguard/VRS-9148, 1964).
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The Freedom Singers perform "We Shall Not Be Moved" at the March on Washington
The Freedom Singers perform "We Shall Not Be Moved" at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.
Public Domain footage from the National Archives and Records Administration
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President Barack Obama sings Amazing Grace (C-SPAN)
President Obama sings Amazing Grace during the funeral for South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney.
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Joan Baez performs "We Shall Overcome" at the March on Washington
Joan Baez performs "We Shall Overcome" at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.
Public Domain footage from the National Archives and Records Administration
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"Oh Freedom!" performed by The Golden Gospel Singers
One of the most popular songs of the civil rights movement performed by The Golden Gospel Singers. Video by Youtube user Mackenzie's YouTube.
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Oral History Interview with James Lawson
Reverend James Lawson (STH'60) discusses his journey from a small town in Ohio to being recognized as one of the leading advocates and organizers of nonviolent resistance during the American civil rights movement. The conversation is led by questions [...]from School of Theology faculty Dr. Phillis Sheppard, Dr. Walter Fluker and Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore.
Hosted by School of Theology on October 26, 2011.
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Thomas Whalen on Bill Russell Statue
Thomas Whalen, associate professor of social science at Boston University and author of "Dynasty's End: Bill Russell and the 1968 - 69 World Champion Boston Celtics," discusses why he thinks a statue of Celtics legend and civil rights activist, Bill [...]Russell, should be erected near the site where Ted Landsmark was attacked by a man using an American flagpole during an anti-busing demonstration in Boston in 1976. The attack resulted in a Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Herald photograph now known as "The Soiling of Old Glory."
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Gay Youth at BU Speak About State of Gay Rights Movement
Gay students at Boston University talk about the gay rights movement, their journeys and hopes for the future. By Edward A. Brown
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