The History Department

In November 2016, leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement chose the Highlander Research and Education Center as the site for an important organizational gathering because they knew about Highlander’s relentless commitment to social justice.

Hidden Figures and Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement Mini Doc

by Aaron P. Goffney

Rosa parks and Highlander Folk School

Her participation and purpose

Highlander Folk School Lecture 2020

Highlander Folk School Lecture - The Civil Rights Movement Project Final for Dr. Price 2020

The Original Rainbow Coalition in Chicago

Fred Hampton Rainbow Coalition Federal Investigation

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What united Black Panthers, Puerto Ricans, white Southerners? New doc details 'First Rainbow Coalition' by Associated Press NBC News

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Bobby Lee - Black Panther Party & The Young Lords

Black Panther Bobbie Lee Speaks in Chicago with the Puerto Rican organization, Young Lords, and Whites to discuss police brutality and economic inequality in a Multiracial Environment.

(The Rainbow Coalition Initiative)

Video

The First Rainbow Coalition by Director Ray Santisteban premiered on PBS January 27th, 2020.

Personal Statement

Solving problems in black, brown, and white

This work examines the ability of African Americans, Whites, and other peoples of color who joined forces in the mid-twentieth century to confront the atrocities of racism and economic inequality. This is essay is inspired by Robert E. Lee III, aka Bobbie Lee, Da Mayor of Fifth Ward and Myles Horton, founder of the Highlander Folk School in Grundy, Tennessee.

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Article about Bobbie Lee and the Rainbow Coalition A.Goffney

Invited to a neighborhood meeting by the Young Lords and the Young Patriots (some former members of the Ku Klux Klan) to help strategize for the welfare of the community, Lee found himself starting a Rainbow Coalition.

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About Aaron P. Goffney

Aaron P. Goffney is an American academic, author and graduate student of African American studies at the University of Texas, in Arlington, Texas.

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