Calendar: Week of June 24
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
On Monday, people around the world are urged to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by flying the flag designed by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
- 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNSECO)
- Stand Up for Human Rights Campaign
- What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- 70 Years of Progress on Human Rights (humanrights70.org)
- Will you fly the flag for human rights? (flytheflag.org.uk)
- Make you own flag (pdf)
Tuesday is the 94th birthday of actress June Lockhart, whose many roles include the mom in the TV shows "Lassie" and "Lost In Space."
Wednesday kicks off the first of two nights of televised debates between 20 Democratic presidential candidates in Miami.
- Democratic presidential debates, June 26 and 27, Miami, Fla. (Ballotpedia)
- DNC announces candidates participating in first Democratic primary debates (CBS News, 6/14/19)
- 2020 Sunday Trail Markers: Biden leads field in first CBS Battleground Tracker poll
Thursday marks the 30th anniversary of the opening of the border between Communist Hungary and Austria, the first crack in the Iron Curtain.
- Snipping away at the Iron Curtain: when Hungary opened its Austrian border (The Guardian)
- History of the Iron Curtain opening (Daily News Hungary)
Friday sees the opening of an exhibition on the life of singer and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
- "One Life: Marian Anderson," National Portrait Gallery in Washington (June 28, 2019-May 17, 2020)
- Marian Anderson (biography.com)
- Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial, 1939 (with audio)
And Saturday's the day for the San Francisco Pride Run, beginning and ending in Golden Gate Park.
- 40th annual Pride Run, at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park, June 29 at 9 a.m.
- Runner signup
Story produced by Robert Marston.
