Articles Index

Obama Campaign Promises: Civil Liberties & Rights
An overview of '08 presidential candidate Barack Obama's policies and plans on U.S. civil liberties and rights.

Cesar Chavez, Latino Champion of Civil Rights
Cesar Chavez, admired by world leaders, never owned a home. Never earned more than $6000 in a year. He was a California migrant worker all his life who did much to secure better wages, health care and working conditons for Latino migrant workers. He was awarded the Prsidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton. His 1993 funeral, attended by 50,000, was presided over by Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahoney.

Barack Obama's Courageous Speech on Race & Faith
Courageous remarks entitled "A More Perfect Union" by Sen. Barack Obama on March 18th, 2008 in Philadelphia.

Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech
Presents the text of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Historians consider one of the greatest of American political speeches.

Wise & Prophetic Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), a Baptist minister, was the best-known leader of the US civil rights movement. The crowning achievements of Dr. King's drive for equality for all Americans were the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The inspiring words selected for this article are taken mainly from "The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr," published in 1984.