In this episode we discuss, the transition of a civil rights icon, Harry Belafonte, news and notes in the civil rights area. In addition, we highlight an educational program in human rights, as well as discuss potential job opportunities in the area of civil rights. We also discuss grassroots activism, in particular defining what it is and what it represents both historically and today. We discuss the importance of studying grassroots movements by current and future activists and how studying the methods, and practices of the past can help to guide future activism. For more information about the life, legacy, and activism of Harry Belafonte, go here. For information on the EEOC suit against Walmart go here. and for information about the Dukes case go here. For information about the voting rights groups suing over election rules go here. For information on groups in Mississippi suing over state appointments of police and judges over local residents without being elected go here. For information on the Sexual Harassment settlement by R&L Carriers go here. For more information about the sexual harassment settlement with an Alabama Sheriff by the U.S. DOJ, go here.

For information about the Ph.D. program in Human Rights at Arizona State University, go here. In addition, for information on civil rights jobs with the ACLU go here. For information on jobs with the federal government, go here. For information on civil rights jobs in Georgia go here.