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Dorie Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDorie Ann Ladner, a longtime fighter for freedom and equality in her home state of Mississippi with...
Bennie Thompson is poised to take center stage as Jan. 6 hearings start after 29 years in Congress
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRep. Bennie Thompson has served in Congress since 1993.Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Rep. Bennie Thompson...
Hollis Watkins, jailed repeatedly fighting segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82
theGrio via AOL· 9 months agoIn 1961, Watkins became one of the first Mississippi residents to work for the Student Nonviolent...
NC university files federal complaint, alleges SC deputies racially profiled students
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoShaw University has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking a review of a...
500 Walsh students take part in community service projects on MLK Jr. Day
The Repository via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNORTH CANTON − About 500 Walsh University students fanned out this week across Stark County for "A...
New civil rights marker honors 1960 Shaw and St. Augustine’s student protest
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoRecognition, Swanola Debnam says, feels good after 63 years. On February 12, 1960, she was one of 41...
Israel-Hamas war stirs free-speech battles at college campuses across US
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWASHINGTON – Aaron McIntyre skipped his math and environmental sciences classes Wednesday to join...
Abortion rights activists vow to continue decadeslong Roe v. Wade fight: 'They're not going to win'
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHeather Booth was just 18 years old when she joined the civil rights movement. A member of the...
Civil rights activist visiting Columbia recalls other women who 'fought the good fight'
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter she helped organize the 1963 March on Washington from an office in Harlem, Joyce Ladner had...
Civil Rights activist Bob Zellner 'put his body on the line.' Pensacola can hear his story.
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBob Zellner was 22 years old when he got his first taste of the civil rights movement after marching...