CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.

On June 12th, 1967, interracial marriage became a federally protected right as the Virginia v. Loving decision was passed in the Supreme Court. Less than one hundred years ago. The history of our civil rights is still very young. #lovingday #civilrights #interracialmarriage

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We need an immediate law passed in Congress that the US Postal Service is required to delivery all mail to everyone, all the time, no exceptions, ever. All mail it receives must be delivered to the intended recipient, period. Violations get 50 years in prison. No parole.

Someone should point out to republicans that if this admin can order mail to not be delivered to democrats, the next admin can order it to not be delivered to republicans.

#Mail #MailInVoting #Democracy #CivilRights #USPol

Today in Labor History 6/12/1963: Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Malvina Reynolds references Evers's murder in her song "It Isn't Nice."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lWkV2QpgQo&list=RD2lWkV2QpgQo&start_radio=1

#workingclass #LaborHistory #medgarevers #civilrights #civildisobedience #mississippi #whitesupremacy #racism #segregation #naacp #kukluxklan #kkk #folkmusic #protest #jazz #bobdylan #ninasimone #medgarevers #BlackMastodon

Today in Labor History 6/12/1963: Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Phil Ochs’s classic satirical folk song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" refers to Evers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLqKXrlD1TU&list=RDbLqKXrlD1TU&start_radio=1

#workingclass #LaborHistory #medgarevers #civilrights #civildisobedience #mississippi #whitesupremacy #racism #segregation #naacp #kukluxklan #kkk #folkmusic #protest #jazz #bobdylan #ninasimone #medgarevers #BlackMastodon

Today in Labor History 6/12/1963: Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” is about Evers’s assassination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM&list=RDLJ25-U3jNWM&start_radio=1

#workingclass #LaborHistory #medgarevers #civilrights #civildisobedience #mississippi #whitesupremacy #racism #segregation #naacp #kukluxklan #kkk #folkmusic #protest #jazz #bobdylan #ninasimone #medgarevers #BlackMastodon

Today in Labor History 6/12/1963: Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Bob Dylan's "Only a Pawn in Their Game" is about Evers’s assassination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmkeb_7uq0&list=RDNSmkeb_7uq0&start_radio=1

#workingclass #LaborHistory #medgarevers #civilrights #civildisobedience #mississippi #whitesupremacy #racism #segregation #naacp #kukluxklan #kkk #folkmusic #protest #jazz #bobdylan #ninasimone #medgarevers #BlackMastodon

Today in Labor History June 12, 1963: Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council and the Ku Klux Klan. Evers, a World War Two veteran, had been the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. He was organizing to end racial segregation at the University of Mississippi and other public facilities. He had also been active in organizing to integrate Mississippi’s public, all-white beaches and parks, including Civil Disobedience actions, like “wade-ins,” in Biloxi. Evers had been under constant surveillance by the FBI. They followed him home every day, but on the day of his assassination they were absent. Several all-white juries in the 1960s failed to reach verdicts with De La Beckwith, but he was finally convicted in 1994 based on new evidence. He died in 2001.

Bob Dylan wrote his song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" about Evers’s assassination. Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” is also about the Evers case. Phil Ochs’s classic satirical folk song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" refers to Evers, as do his songs "Another Country" and "Too Many Martyrs." And Malvina Reynolds references Evers's murder in her song "It Isn't Nice."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #medgarevers #civilrights #civildisobedience #mississippi #whitesupremacy #racism #segregation #naacp #kukluxklan #kkk #folkmusic #protest #jazz #bobdylan #ninasimone #medgarevers #BlackMastodon

From Keshet:
This year, more than 1,100 Jewish clergy have signed a public letter affirming their commitment to the dignity and rights of transgender and LGBTQ+ people. Now, four of those signatories are coming together to talk about what comes next.

Whether you’re a clergy member, lay leader, or community member looking to turn commitment into action, this conversation will offer grounding, strategy, and inspiration for the work ahead.

Register: https://www.keshetonline.org/event/6-25-clergy-for-trans-rights-panel/

#Mazeldon #TikkunOlam #Jewish #Judaism #LGBTQ #CivilRights #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #FreedomOfReligion #SeparationOfChurchAndState