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Civil rights leader, Uniontown native the Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95
Observer-Reporter· 22 hours agoOn June 22, Lawson’s legacy will be honored at...Eberly Campus, when a bronze sculpture of him...
‘Voice for equality and justice’ in Birmingham civil rights movement dead at 82
Birmingham News· 7 days agoCivil rights activist Myrna Carter Jackson, who was twice arrested during marches in 1963 in the...
RIP Rev. James Lawson: Tributes Pour In After Civil Rights Icon Dies At 95
Black America Web· 1 day agoThere’s been a steady stream of tributes and an outpouring of condolences following the announcement...
Everyone Should Know About Rickwood Field, the Alabama Park Where Baseball Legends Made History
Smithsonian Magazine· 13 hours agoEight decades ago, Ron Teasley, a teenage baseball player from Detroit, experienced an athletic...
CIVIL RIGHTS: Small acts add up
Coeur d'Alene Press· 4 days agoI am proud of human rights efforts of citizens of Coeur d’Alene. This 80-year-old human rights candle is burning bright for equality.
Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza and Statue opens to public - Akron.com
West Side Leader & South Side News Leader· 7 days agoThe Sojourner...identifying a single project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s...
Virginia NAACP sues Shenandoah school board after district restored Confederate names
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe lawsuit alleges that the school board violated the U.S. Constitution, Title VI of the Civil...
Virginia NAACP sues school board that restored Confederate leaders' names
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTwo years later, hundreds of neo-Nazis and white nationalists converged on Charlottesville,...
Homage in Huesca: George Orwell's son honours writer's Spanish civil war ambition
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGeorge Orwell never fulfilled his wish to visit Huesca when he fought in the Spanish Civil War but...
Virginia school board sued after reinstating Confederate leaders' names at two public high schools
AOL· 10 hours agoThe Virginia chapter of the NAACP and a group of students is suing the Shenandoah County School Board, after it voted last month to reinstate the names of two schools that were formerly named ...