The final three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, Nevada, Illinois and Virginia (which ratified January 15, 2020) filed suit against U.S. Archivist David Ferriero on January 30th demanding he certify the ratification of the amendment. Under Article V of the Constitution, it takes three quarters of the country – 38 states – to…
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The future is female but more importantly, so is the new resistance movement! On Saturday, January 21st, one day after the presidential inauguration millions of people around the world took to the streets to participate in Women’s Marches. The main march was held in Washington DC where it is estimated that a crowd of at least…
Protest can come in many forms - art, music, boycott, writing, and countless other methods are proven tools in voicing opposition. Historically, the loudest method of resistance has always been the protest march and on January 21st, a day after the presidential inauguration and one day prior to the 44th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, a giant crowd of…
Gordon Parks Segregation Story Adamson Gallery 1515 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 April 11 - June 27 Adamson Gallery presents Segregation Story, an exhibit of photography by Gordon Parks. Parks is known as one of the twentieth century's foremost documentarians of American life. Segregation Story features a selection of images from Parks's powerful 1956 photographic series, which documented an extended African…