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'Desegregation made a difference — but not enough of one'
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA woman explains desegregation to her daughter in 1954. '70 years after Brown, integrating US...
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at...
KION 46 Salinas· 4 days agoJames Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died Sunday,...
On Conservatism and Risk Aversion
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOne would think that the great twin political enthusiasms of the 20th century—the competing versions of national socialism practiced ...
James Lawson, towering civil rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLawson participated in the 1957 desegregation of Little Rock schools and helped lead efforts to...
IT'S A 'NATURAL': THE 25TH STATE
Arizona Daily Sun· 2 days agoOn June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state. The United States acquired the land from France ...
Civil rights lawyer William T. Coleman honored among the founding fathers
WHYY· 13 hours agothe Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? A Philadelphia...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and longtime LA pastor, dead at 95
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 5 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman ...
The color of your child’s swimsuit could save their life in the water, experts say
WKBT La Crosse· 6 days agoWhen it comes to water safety, bright colors are a game-changer. If your kids are planning to hit ...
Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard and more star in ‘Fight Night’ teaser trailer
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days ago(Photo by Eli Joshua Adé/PEACOCK) “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” tells the story of an...
A look back at the passage of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Cronin and Loevy
Colorado Springs Gazette· 6 days agoSenate that enabled final enactment, on July 2, 1964, of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the law that made illegal all forms of racial segregation ...