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Hollis Watkins, jailed repeatedly fighting segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82
theGrio via AOL· 8 months agoIn 1961, Watkins became one of the first Mississippi residents to work for the Student Nonviolent...
Dorie Ann Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies at 81
Associated Press via AOL· 2 months agoDorie Ann Ladner, a longtime fighter for freedom and equality in her home state of Mississippi with...
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...
In pictures: A lookback at student protest movements in the US
CNN via AOL· 3 weeks agoStudents have established encampments and occupied campus buildings to protest Israel’s war in Gaza,...
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...
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...
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...
The Remarkable True Story of the Couple Who Posed as Master and Slave to Escape Bondage
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA portrait of Ellen Craft in the book 'Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom.' Credit - Public Domain...
Letters: Committed to improving themselves and their communities, youth will lead the way
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOver the past several years, our community has witnessed the power of young people. Our youth,...
Diane Nash merits the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but she deserves much more | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDiane J. Nash arrived in Washington, D.C. in early July as a courageous one, but she stood before...