Multiculturalism is the acceptance or promotion of multiple ethnic cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level; eg, schools, businesses, neighborhoods, cities or nations. In this context, multiculturalists advocate extending equitable status to distinct ethnic and religious groups without promoting any specific ethnic, religious and/or cultural community values as central.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
James McCune Smith
(1813 – 1865)
Friday, 9 September 2011
Mickey SCHWERMER
(1939 – 1964)
One of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) field workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by the Ku Klux Klan in response to their civil rights work, which included promoting voting registration among Mississippi African Americans.
Friday, 29 July 2011
Ruth SEID
(1913 - 1995)
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Mab SEGREST (1949 - )
Social activism...
Friday, 18 February 2011
William STILL (1821 – 1902)
Often called "The Father of the Underground Railroad," Still helped as many as 60 slaves a month escape to freedom, interviewing each person and keeping careful records, including a brief biography and the destination of each person, along with any alias that they adopted, though he kept his records carefully hidden. He is one of the many who helped slaves escape from the United States. During one interview of an escapee, he discovered that the man, Peter Still, was his own brother. They had been separated since childhood, and his brother knew little about the rest of his family.