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Civil rights leader, Mississippi native Medgar Evers posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of...
The Vicksburg Post· 1 day agoMississippi native and civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday. Evers, who was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan ...
President Joe Biden Awards 19 Americans With Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Black Enterprise· 6 hours agoThe Medal of Freedom awardees included several cultural civil rights figures such as Opal Lee and...
Documentary tells little-known story of Japanese-Canadian civil rights photographer
CBC via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoA new documentary looking at the life of Japanese-Canadian photographer and civil rights activist...
Slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers' work honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“Medgar Evers, who is already remembered for his pursuit of equality and justice as part of the civil rights movement, now joins a most distinguished group ...
Why You Need to Spend Juneteenth in the Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement
Thrillist Food & Drink· 3 days agoAs the site of some of the most significant moments of the Civil Rights Movement, you’d be remiss...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCinco de Mayo isn’t a really popular holiday in Mexico, believe it or not. But since the 1960s, it’s become widely celebrated in the United States due to a civil rights < ...
Civil rights icon John Lewis subject of new biography
Rolling Out· 1 day agoLegendary Civil Rights activist and long-time Georgia Representative John Lewis will be the subject...
Star Parker: No, demonstrations today not like the 1960s
The Bismarck Tribune· 18 hours agoThe current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s. The unrest of the 1960s was defined by the war in Vietnam and by ...
Opinion | The Columbia Protests Made the Same Mistake the Civil Rights Movement Did
New York Times· 1 day agoAfter students occupied the university’s storied Hamilton Hall — and police officers in riot gear conducted over 100 arrests — the administration closed the campus, moved all classes online ...
Gaza, Student Protest, and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Capital B via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOver the past week, hundreds of college students calling […] The post Gaza, Student Protest, and the...