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Survivor Corps co-founders Jerry White and Ken Rutherford helped lead the coalition's efforts that secured the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which in turn earned the coalition the Nobel Peace Prize. Prominent Survivor Corps supporters have included Queen Noor of Jordan and Diana, Princess of Wales .
Operating under the umbrella coalition of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), volunteers from the three organizations concentrated their efforts in Mississippi. In 1962 only 6.7 percent of African Americans in the state were registered to vote, the lowest percentage in the country.
The ongoing legacy of Black NBA players PHOENIX, ARIZONA – OCTOBER 28: Bronny James #9 of the Los Angeles Lakers warms up prior to the game against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on ...
In 1972, the Gay Coalition of Denver (GCD) was founded by five members in order to fight back against police harassment. [1] The original founders were Gerald "Jerry" Gerash, Lynn Tamlin, Mary Sassatelli, Jane Dundee, and Terry Mangan. [1] The group was non-hierarchical, and rotating chairs provided leadership.
The Rainbow Coalition was an anti-racist, working-class multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969, in Chicago, Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, along with William "Preacherman" Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and José Cha Cha Jiménez, founder of the Young Lords.
Former President Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, left behind a history of pioneering energy and environmental policy. In his single term in the Oval Office, Carter took a range of ...
California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for Black people, from housing to ...
The partnership did not last long; the NCBH, renamed in 1990 as the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV), generally advocates for stricter gun laws than does the Brady Campaign. [5]: 111–112 [6] HCI had few resources until 1980, after the murder of musician John Lennon increased the public's interest in shootings. By 1981, HCI's membership ...