Tag Archives: Civil Rights

Noah Wyle arrested marching for disabled

Popular celebrity Noah Wyle is arrested at D.C. protest by disability rights group ADAPT

Noah Wyle is pictured in handcuffs at a protest by the disability rights group ADAPT in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2012. - (photo National ADAPT)

Hollywood stars are coming out for social activism and the ER cast is leading.

Noah Wyle, who played medical student John Carter in ER, was arrested and taken away in handcuffs at the ADAPT disability rally in Washington. DC.

George Clooney was recently arrested for civil disobedience at the Sudanese embassy in Washington, DC protesting the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan.
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Tackling disability discrimination takes more than wheelchair ramps

Dribblers please sit on the left”; the underbelly of disability segregation and acceptance.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who took a stand against racial segregation on buses in Alabama. Disabled people face an 'us and them' ethos. Photograph: Corbis

By Matthew Harper – Guardian Blog

You’re in a restaurant; dressed up, with friends, family, maybe a partner and halfway through your slap-up meal there’s a tap on your shoulder and “do you mind moving? it’s disgusting, no its just … you’re dribbling – it’s putting me off my food”. Had that said to you? Or been the one saying it? Or even just thinking it? Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A Changing

It was an historic performance – how far have we come in granting human rights.

From “In Performance At The White House”

Bob Dylan’s song Times They Are A Changing has been used to push everything from youth rebellion in the 60s to banking in the 90s. Continue reading →

Bob Dylan performance at White House moved ahead to Tuesday

If you caught the concert last night – one day early – you were among the lucky ones

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” in the East Room of the White House. Bob Dylan doesn’t need a weatherman to tell him which way the wind blows, even when there’s a blizzard. The folk rock legend and other top musicians didn’t let the snow in Washington, D.C., stop them from going to the East Room of the White House last night to perform as part of “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement

Snow storms in Washington convinced the White House to move their February 10th free concert ahead one day to February 9th, 2010.

For those missed that announcement, PBS will re-broadcast a shortened version on Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. ET.

The concert was organized to celebrate the use of music in the Civil Rights Movement. Along with Dylan, performers included John Mellencamp, Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, Natalie Cole, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
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Bob Dylan White House Performance to be streamed

Live Streaming at 5 pm ET Feb 10 or rebroadcast on PBS next day

Bob Dylan at The White House (photo PBS)

Updated – concert was moved ahead to Feb 9th due to snow storms.

A gala event at the White House brings an invitation for Bob Dylan at the White House celebrating Black History Month.

Along with Dylan will be Natalie Cole, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will be hosts.

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There is no place in our society for prejudice, former President George H. Bush

Former President George H. Bush on 19th Anniversary of the ADA

Former President George H. Bush boosts White House on 19th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

“I congratulate President Obama for taking some time today to remember the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.