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'Long overdue': Akron road named for longtime NAACP civil rights leader Ophelia Averitt
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDuring her many years with the national and Akron NAACP, Ophelia Averitt’s fight for civil rights...
First Black woman to serve on Atlanta City Council, civil rights leader dies
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAtlanta City Council announced the passing of Carolyn Long Banks, the first Black woman to serve on...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
In The American Public Education System, Black Children Are The New Cotton
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoElizabeth Eckford ignores the hostile screams and stares of fellow students on her first day of...
Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRoslyn Pope, a college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying out the...
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floor
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHELENA, Mont. — Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the...
How Atlanta Became a City I Barely Recognize
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoATLANTA — In 1973, the year I turned 12, in a reverse of the Great Migration, my family moved South, decamping from the virtually all-white environs of Staten Island, New York, for my mom’s ...
The fight for marriage equality: We will call upon you again and again | Opinion
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI am young enough to benefit from the tireless, exhausting, and career-risking work of previous...
Roslyn Pope, Student Civil Rights Activist And ‘An Appeal For Human Rights’ Author, Dies At 84
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRoslyn Pope, an Atlanta native who became an important student leader in the Civil Rights Movement...
10 Movies to Watch to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. This MLK Day
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis list of movies about Martin Luther King, Jr. includes documentaries, civil rights movies and...