Tags Share The outstanding spirit abroad in the world today is nationalism—nationalism closely linked with anti-colonialism. Nationalism itself, of course, is nothing new. This self-determination performed the essential function of giving people an identity with their country and with each other. It became in some societies not merely an article of faith and common aspiration—but…
Tags Share For the first time since becoming attorney general, over three months ago, I am making something approaching a formal speech and I am proud that it is in Georgia…They have told me that when you speak in Georgia you should try to tie yourself to Georgia and the South, and even better, claim…
Tags Share Since the dawn of their freedom a century ago, Negro Americans have been advised to “cast down your bucket where you are.” But those who offered this advice too often did not bother to look at whether its recipient was standing by a river of opportunity—or in the midst of a desert from…
Tags Share My remarks today are the first in a series of three speeches about one major aspect of the unfinished business that is ahead: the quality of life for the Negro in the urban areas of the North. I do not mean to downgrade the problems that remain in the South. But my purpose…
Tags Share Today, on the National Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights stands alongside our partners at Cameroon Advocacy Network (CAN) to urge President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to immediately designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon. “The Biden…
Voters of color are facing the greatest threat to voting rights since Jim Crow, 54 civil rights organizations have said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer—adding that Congress must address the discriminatory barriers to the ballot that prevent votes from being cast.
Author Patricia Sullivan discusses her new book on Robert F. Kennedy.
Dominicans of Haitian descent continue to be denied their right to nationality.
Explore Robert F. Kennedy’s legacy of pushing for quality education for all through the work of Ruby Bridges and Aaron Maybin.
“This is simply terrible economics that paralyzes communities and families, especially communities and families of color.”
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