… The newly inaugurated Kennedy administration, embroiled in the Cold War and worried about the nuclear threat, did little to address domestic Civil Rights. “It became clear that the Civil Rights leaders had to do something desperate, something dramatic to get Kennedy’s attention. That was the idea behind the Freedom Rides—to dare the federal government to do what it was supposed to do, and see if their constitutional rights would be protected by the Kennedy administration,” explains Raymond Arsen …

Occupy Boston: (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/occupy_boston) A protest that began on September, 30 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dewey Square in the Financial District opposite the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. It is related to the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on September 17. I began Occupy Boston because I've watched the news on television, read the newspapers, and want to assist and support our men and women who are fighting back. So, let's get ever …