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‘Voice for equality and justice’ in Birmingham civil rights movement dead at 82
Birmingham News· 2 days agoCivil rights activist Myrna Carter Jackson, who was twice arrested during marches in 1963 in the...
New exhibition in memory of the Civil Rights Movement comes to St. Augustine Beach
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 3 days agoThe unveiling began around 5:30 p.m. outside of the Cultural Arts Center. The St. Augustine Beach...
50 Cent's Capitol Hill appearance was an embarrassing spectacle
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoRapper 50 Cent’s appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday was a cringe-inducing spectacle. The rapper...
Blakeview: Civil rights leader and ground-breaking judge Revius Ortique Jr. was born 100 years ago...
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 7 hours agoThis week we remember Revius Ortique Jr., the lawyer, civil rights leader and judge known for many...
Civil Rights Act marks 60th anniversary as law of land
Twin States News· 23 hours agoThis year marks six decades since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 years was signed into law. President...
Tuscaloosa's 'Bloody Tuesday' Changed the Course of History
Time Magazine· 2 days agoFor 60 years, Black citizens in Tuscaloosa, Ala., begged city and state leaders to tell the truth...
Civil rights attorneys, community activists call for police reform in Michigan
CBS News· 22 hours agoFamily and community members and civil rights attorneys came together in Lansing on Friday to call...
Court Theatre presents "Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution"
CBS News· 1 day agoCHICAGO (CBS) — "Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution" is now at Chicago's Court Theatre, and...
Blacks, youngest voters choose 'uncommitted' over Clinton
CNN.com· 21 hours agoThe racial disparity could be a bad sign for Clinton going into the South Carolina primary, where half of all Democratic voters are black. Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama -- along with their surrogates ...
Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSputnik doesn’t qualify for hero status. There were many heroes of the Civil Rights movement in Memphis − Martin Luther King Jr., of course but also James Lawson, and countless ...