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Legendary Civil Rights Leader Medgar Wiley Evers Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Skanner· 10 hours agoPresident Joe Biden has announced that Medgar Wiley Evers will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. My beloved husband, Medgar, was the ...
Slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers' work honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWith this esteem recognition, the world will remember his legacy forever." In addition to working as a civil rights activist, Evers was an Army veteran who fought for his ...
Biden presents Medal of Freedom to key political allies, civil rights leaders, celebrities and...
WKBT La Crosse· 4 days agoThe list included two of Biden’s core allies in the House of Representatives: former House Speaker...
Joe Biden repeats False tale that he got arrested during Civil Rights era
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoBiden might have been present as a teenager when there were housing discrimination...PolitiFact,...
How campus protests of the past may inform pro-Palestinian student demonstrations
ABC News via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAbout 56 years ago, Columbia University's Hamilton Hall was overrun and occupied by student...
Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 activists, athletes, politicians and others
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoPresident Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people Friday, including civil...
Biden to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and more
News 12 Augusta· 4 days ago“I said, ‘Is this a joke or is this serious?’” Jones recalled. The caller swore they were serious...
Waller named recipient of Washington NAACP Human Rights Award
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 23 hours agoMore than six decades after her father, Louis E. Waller – a giant in the fight for civil rights in...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoEl Movimiento, or the Chicano Movement, sought civil rights of all Mexicans living in the United States, according to the National Archives...Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and several ...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“We were all prisoners of that system.” It took three decades before Evers’ killer was finally...