"In the mid-1950s, he enrolled at Fisk University in Nashville. Fisk was the red-hot center of the fight for racial equality almost from its opening. Among those who attended the school include W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and John Lewis. In the 1960s, under the leadership of the Rev. James Lawson, Fisk helped lead early sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to fight segregation."
"Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said on Monday that she was fired from the publication over social media posts she made following the killing of Charlie Kirk. Writing in a lengthy Substack post, Attiah said she was dismissed over her posts on Bluesky that she says were deemed to be unacceptable, gross misconduct and that endangered the physical safety of her colleagues."
"They rushed to fire me without even a conversation, she wrote. This was not only a hasty overreach, but a violation of the very standards of journalistic fairness and rigor the Post claims to uphold. What the hell is going on in this country? If the authoritarian right wants to make a cult of martyrdom out of an unforgivable act of public murder, it should go ahead and do so."
Ben Jobe recalled attending Fisk University in the mid-1950s and later witnessed cars full of locals celebrating President John F. Kennedy's murder by waving Confederate battle flags. Fisk functioned as a central hub for civil-rights activism, producing figures like W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and John Lewis and supporting sit-ins led by Rev. James Lawson. Karen Attiah was fired from a major newspaper over social media posts made after the killing of Charlie Kirk, with management citing unacceptable conduct and threats to colleagues' safety. Attiah says the dismissal was rushed and violated standards of journalistic fairness and due process.
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