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Another first for Wisconsin civil rights leader Vel Phillips: Statue in capitol | Opinion
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWith that election, she also became the first Black woman to be elected to statewide executive office in any state. There is now another first she gets to add posthumously to that long list: ...
College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right
New Hampshire Bulletin via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoInterrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives....
‘Protecting Places of Worship’ session set in Davenport
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe Davenport Civil Rights Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Justice Community...
Funeral service set for civil rights activist Helena Hicks, leader of 1955 'Read's Drugstore' sit-in
CBS News· 2 days agoFuneral services have been set for Helena Hicks, a student organizer at Morgan State University who...
Civil rights icon Angela Davis speaks at Auraria campus in Denver after 40 protestors arrested
CBS News· 1 day agoAfter Friday's arrests of 40 protestors, over half of whom were students, a cold and wet weekend and...
Protesters take over Columbia University building
The Hill· 35 minutes agoThe demonstrators barricaded entrances and flew a Palestinian flag outside a window of the university’s Hamilton Hall, The Associated Press reported....
MLK III to focus on youth participation in politics as professor of practice
The Cavalier Daily· 1 day agoProminent civil rights leader Martin Luther King III is the Center for Politics’ newest professor of...
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Hamilton Hall at Columbia University
ABC7 New York· 4 hours agoVideo footage showed protesters on Columbia's Manhattan campus locking arms in front of Hamilton...
Roanoke, Virginia To Honor Ambassador, Civil Rights Leader Edward R. Dudley
Black Enterprise· 4 days agoEdward R. Dudley, who made history as the United States’ first Black ambassador in 1949 when he was...
Donald Trump on What His Second Term Would Look Like
Time via Yahoo News· 58 minutes agoSuch moves would be potentially catastrophic for the credibility of American law enforcement, scholars and former Justice Departmentleaders from both...