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Gerth: White Kentucky politician who opposes DEI tells NAACP: ‘My father was a slave’
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer 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· 7 months agoOfficials last month unveiled a monument in Viola Liuzzo Park in northwest Detroit to commemorate...
Ohio passed a law to stop vigilantes in 1889. Now it could be used on college protests
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn the late 1800s, a group of vigilantes called the White Caps terrorized abusers, gamblers,...
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· 3 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· 9 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...