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Gerth: White Kentucky politician who opposes DEI tells NAACP: ‘My father was a slave’
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoState Rep. Jennifer Decker went before the Shelbyville Area NAACP a week and a half ago and gave its...
NAACP to hold town meeting after racist flyers distributed in Lynchburg, Virginia
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe flyers’ content looked to be replicas of historical ads for the sale of enslaved people and...
Flashback: Dr. King, John Lewis, Jimmy Hoffa attended the Detroit funeral for Viola Liuzzo
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOfficials last month unveiled a monument in Viola Liuzzo Park in northwest Detroit to commemorate...
New exhibit reckons with Indiana's racial violence through anti-lynching art
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn 1935, the NAACP put on an art exhibition in midtown Manhattan to draw attention to the ongoing...
Attorney James Hall Jr. was a stalwart for civil rights in Milwaukee for decades
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJames Hall Jr. is being remembered as a quiet but powerful force for civil rights and youth...
White slavery and other Frankfort dingbattery as seen from afar in just one week | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLast week, my husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Mexico. I...
A fight over a stalk cutter in 1922 turned into a mass exodus of Black residents of Jay
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoReader warning: This story includes a reference to signs containing an offensive racial slur toward...
Sexism almost sidelined Black women at 1963 March on Washington. How they fought back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWASHINGTON − As the preliminary program for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom came...
Colman Domingo and the Obamas surprise audience at a 'Rustin' screening — see the pics
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPresident Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and "Rustin" star Colman Domingo made a surprise appearance...
Marker sought for Black teen imprisoned after 1882 rape
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCivil rights activists are seeking to draw attention to an 1882 rape that ended with the Black teenage victim dying in prison, her white attacker dead and three men lynched. Margaret Vinegar ...
