Sparking a Glamour Riot at the Capitol

Peter Rapp brings living memory to Austin Pride's Stonewall event

"...those hot three nights that sparked our nation's LGBTQ civil rights movement. [The Stonewall Inn] was actually a pretty..."

June 26, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...of Cassius Clay, Patterson was bringing middleweight speed and movement into the heavyweight division, whose champions up until that..."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters @ 3AM

Apart from the boycott, and separate from it, the theme of May 1 was, over and over: Register and vote.

"...and the most repeated arguments against their new mass movement are: 1) They're breaking the law just by being..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye

Like most filmmakers, New York-based Shola Lynch is attracted to a good story. Enter Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to successfully run for congress in 1968 and, in 1972, to enter presidential campaign,

"...campaign in a turbulent moment in U.S. history. The civil rights movement and the women's movement had gained momentum...."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...founders forward – through the abolitionists, suffragists, populists, labor movement, civil rights movement, women's movement, et al. The pursuit..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

Defining and Justifying Values

Jan. 11, 2005 Postmarks

"Juntos/Together" Ties Austin's Activist Past and Present

Shedding light on action & initiatives by local minority communities

"...Students marching down the streets for their rights, incidents of police brutality against minority community members, and..."

March 28, 2018 Arts Post by Acacia Coronado

Letters at 3AM

Cry over the election if you must, but don't let the bastards sap your vitality. American progressives started seriously mass-scale organizing only about a year ago, and in just one year we came within reach of victory.

"...a state of unbridled panic. That panic, not gay rights, helped doom this election – the panic of people..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring

This is not a love letter, it’s a wake-up call

"...essayist, gadfly, and distinctive voice of the 1960s American civil rights movement casts aspersions on modern-day Austin. There’s increasingly..."

May 23, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

SXSW Film Review: Boycott

The real victims of the GOP war on free speech

"...both-sides narrative regarding the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement. While most films would struggle to navigate the contradictions..."

March 22, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

The Good Lord Bird Swoops in for ATX TV Fest ... From the Couch!

Ethan Hawke series to headline Saturday: Plus The Mandalorian

"...we're all still dealing with the fallout of the Civil War and the fight against slavery, then maybe it's..."

June 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Community Leaders Remember Akwasi Evans

The passing of Eastside writer and activist will be felt for "a long time"

"...Travillion remembers the impact on Evans of the civil rights movement. "He was a child of the movement,"..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

R.I.P. Akwasi Evans, Eastside Writer and Activist

“He spoke his truth”

"...Travillion remembers the impact on Evans of the Civil Rights Movement. “He was a child of the Movement,”..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

The Vortex’s Ballot Eats the Bullet

This timely production’s extraordinary performers speak truth, as black women in America, that makes us see them

"...Ballot Eats the Bullet. Even liberal monoliths like the civil rights movement and the feminist movement have a history..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

By Any Means Necessary

Suzan-Lori Parks works it – and helps you work it, too

"...told the group, invoking a key slogan of the Civil Rights movement. Actually, she added, those slogans "can all..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Got God?

A short look at PBS's God In America

"...he grappled with the meaning and purpose of the Civil War, and later in episode four, when it examines..."

Oct. 5, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy

'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government

"...and industries gained strength; a society in which the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, and the women's and..."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: Feet on the Ground

If May Day has a meaning, it's one we build together

"...the droning advocates of "free trade" applaud the unfettered movement of capital while criminalizing and terrorizing every attempt of..."

May 7, 2010 News Column by Michael King

'A People’s History of Sports in the United States'

Zirin's book rates amongst the best in his field

"...that author explores history on the trail of social movements. This book is published in the series of the..."

March 5, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...off against Khrushchev, and the forward march of the civil rights movement alongside accounts of cultural milestones with interactive..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...That’s a mixed blessing. The young generation now, the Civil Rights movement impregnated this generation. We’re becoming a colorblind..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Page Two: The Moment Belongs to the Music

John Sayles' 'Honeydripper' takes flight

"...about the ghosts of history, of slaves and a civil war...."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Louis Black

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...Pre-Civil Rights Movement, if you were "colored" – black or..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Who They Are and What They Deserve

The new play 'Voices of Valor' records the memories of a generation that won the war abroad and at home

"...of people experiencing their memory. There's a lot of movement, and I guess you could say a filmic quality..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...quiet childhood; even with the uneasy rumblings of the civil rights movement, Ball recalls a coexistence not understood by..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Whole Schmear

The First Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...the song touched on important issues just as the civil rights movement was gaining momentum. The film examines the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Maya Churi

Making Everyone Happy

The state's textbook adoption process focuses more on pleasing everyone than on teaching children.

"...removed. Faragher refused. "To not deal with the gay movement and birth control would not only violate the principles..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...for Neighbors puts out," he says. "They're a political movement with a particular agenda -- not all of them,..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Farewell to ECB, Return to Tulia, APD Extends Knee, Ramping Up I-35, AAN Awards and Slacker Editor

"...Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Drug Policy Forum of Texas and..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Meteor in the Madhouse

"...that very rich historic moment, in 1966, when the Civil Rights movement was shifting into the Black Power movement...."

April 20, 2001 Books Review by Roger Gathman

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