Ava Peters Music Journalist Protest music has existed long before the creation of the United States. It has likely been around since the invention of music. In 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. said that protest songs “give the people new courage and a sense of unity. I think they keep alive a faith, a radiant hope, in the future, particularly in our most trying hours.” For black artists especially, music […]
By Andrea MauWeb Content Contributor On Sunday, I attended the Austin Rally & March For Black Lives. The experience was transformative not just for me personally, but for Texas as a whole to have so many come out in support against police brutality. Let the march not end here. The Black Lives Matter movement is a part of a bigger, more important change within our nation. I’m not here to […]
By Savannah Howard Web Content Contributor (This article is spoiler free!) The majority of the movies that have black actors in the leading roles are usually about slavery, the civil rights movement or some position of oppression and submission. Plus, the small minority of movies that depict black life with some form of accuracy and dignity are underfunded and not well known. How many more slave movies can be made? […]
By Emily Parma Assistant Web Content Manager The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) has had an active chapter at Texas State for more than a year, thanks to current president Stephen Rollins, Texas State English senior. The organization is nationally recognized. Founded in 1909 in New York City by white and black intellectuals, the organization is the oldest and largest civil rights organization. Today, the national organization has […]
The LBJ Library’s Civil Rights Summit will host four different Presidents before the end of the week. The Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday, April 8 included discussions and panels about gay marriage rights, immigration policy, the place of music in civil rights activism, and a conversation with former President Jimmy Carter. Daily Beast Editor in Chief John Avlon moderated a discussion on same-sex marriage between David Boies and Theodore Olson, attorneys who […]
Writer and Producer - Veronika Kondratieva Other Side Drive Producer - Shannon Williams Editor - Adam M. Cook Past, present and future intercept in a short documentary film called The Crossroads: San Marcos Stories, which was produced by Texas State students during their summer visual storytelling class, supervised by Doctor David Nolan.The idea for the film was born from the LBJ-MLK Crossroads Memorial Project, a local community effort to establish […]
Local civil rights trailblazers were honored on the eve of the dedication of the L.B.J. M.L.K. memorial. [ Seventy-three San Marcos civil rights activists were recognized at a public reception on Sunday as part of the celebrations stemming from the newly dedicated L.B.J. M.L.K. memorial. The Crossroads Project team has been working for years to create a memorial at the only place where the roads of L.B.J. and M.L.K. cross. The […]
The San Marcos Public Library is commemorating Martin Luther King day and Black History month with a special film series.A Vision of Action film series was hosted Wednesday night by Impact San Marcos. Two films showed what the Civil Rights movement was for locals and how it contributed to the larger fight in America. The first presentation was titled “The Crossroads-San Marcos Stories,” which was a film produced by Doctor […]
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