{"id":7945,"date":"2021-05-17T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/?p=7945"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:20:57","slug":"unforgettable-memories-of-us-civil-rights-movement-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/unforgettable-memories-of-us-civil-rights-movement-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Unforgettable memories of US Civil Rights movement veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Read these two fascinating articles with US Civil Rights movement veterans by JtoJ volunteer Hannah Simpson, shedding light on unforgettable experiences and their lasting impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memories from Mississippi &#8211; An interview with Civil Rights veteran John Lyon Paul<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/preview.shorthand.com\/cTii9mKs0hHQ3PPd\">https:\/\/preview.shorthand.com\/cTii9mKs0hHQ3PPd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john-lyon-paul.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7949 colorbox-7945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john-lyon-paul.jpg 612w, https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john-lyon-paul-600x382.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remembering the Capitol Building protest of 1965 &#8211; An interview with Civil rights veteran Jim Kates<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/swlondoner.shorthandstories.com\/remembering-the-capitol-building-protest-of-1965\/index.html\">https:\/\/swlondoner.shorthandstories.com\/remembering-the-capitol-building-protest-of-1965\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jim-Kates.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7950 colorbox-7945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jim-Kates.jpg 612w, https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jim-Kates-600x395.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also of interest, watch veteran civil rights movement activist Ira Grupper in his interview with JtoJ&#8217;s Carrie Supple below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>The Ira Grupper Interviews<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Ira Gruper talks about how he joined the US civil rights movement as a school boy when his father took him to a demonstration in New York in solidarity with the Greensboro Woolworth\u2019s lunch counter sit-ins. Ira became part of the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee in Mississippi, went to prison and has been active in social justice movements ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/109905492\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/109915700\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/109913967\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/109914877\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read these two fascinating articles with US Civil Rights movement veterans by JtoJ volunteer Hannah<br \/>\nSimpson, shedding light on unforgettable experiences and their lasting impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7945"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8031,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945\/revisions\/8031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}