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'Desegregation made a difference — but not enough of one'
The Week via Yahoo News· 6 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...
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 7 days agoBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained...
Easier jobs make Hurley, Geno better liked than legislators
The Day· 15 hours agoCelebrating Dan Hurley's decision this week to keep coaching the men's basketball team at the University of Connecticut, state House ...
South Carolina quietly canceled AP African American Studies. We wanted to know why.
theGrio via AOL· 5 hours agoRecommended Stories When asked if they could recall a similar decision, only one of the high school...
Potential VP pick Sen. J.D. Vance once liked tweets harshly critical of Trump
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRepublican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a leading candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice president, liked...
James Lawson, towering civil rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 days agoLawson participated in the 1957 desegregation of Little Rock schools and helped lead efforts to...
How Nashville's Southern Student Organizing Committee was inspired to broaden Civil Rights Movement
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe was one of the leaders of the silent march in Memphis to honor King after he was assassinated. Lawson in his later ...
IT'S A 'NATURAL': THE 25TH STATE
Arizona Daily Sun· 4 days agoOn June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state. The United States acquired the land from France ...
Nearly 10,000 expected to attend Saturday's Juneteenth Celebration in downtown Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem Journal· 5 days agoSaturday’s festival will be held from 1-8 p.m. in Biotech Place and Bailey Park. Juneteenth...
Artist chosen to design Greensboro 6 mural
WFMY News 2 Greensboro· 1 hour agoIn August 2023, leaders announced plans for a new mural to honor the civil rights pioneers. GREENSBORO, N.C. — The artist to paint a ...
