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Detroit to pay tribute to Sarah E. Ray, civil rights activist once kicked off Boblo Boat
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHead to Detroit’s Palmer Park Saturday afternoon to celebrate the late civil rights activist who...
Civil rights leader Malcolm X inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLINCOLN - Omaha-born civil rights leader Malcolm X, who would've been 99 on May 19, became the first...
Documentary reveals how two Charlotte men discovered an ugly past and confronted it
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen the final credits faded, and a once-darkened theater inside a near-capacity Independent Picture...
Robert MacNeil, first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dead at 93
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRobert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in...
Franklin Florence, civil rights leader, dies at 89
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story has been corrected to reflect Florence's accurate age. While his birth year was widely reported throughout his life as 1934, his family -- and...
Local Civil Air Patrol squadron places wreaths on veterans' graves
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGadsden’s Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol took part in Wreaths Across America Day on Dec....
Nashville civil rights veteran Diane Nash to be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDiane Nash was pivotal force of civil rights movement in Nashville, helping organize sit-ins and...
Rep. Johnson highlights women's rights, guns and education in Jackson during Senate run
Gannett via AOL· 7 months agoA Knoxville native, special education teacher of 27 years, and current state Rep. Gloria Johnson,...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is cleaning up her image and cozying up with GOP leadership to gain...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, speaks to reporters about an interaction with...
Meet new owners of Civil War era home built by Indiana University grad in 1874
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA young family and their two dogs have moved into Spencer’s historic Beem House, which was built in...