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75 Angela Davis Quotes That Reflect Her Commitment to Equality & Justice
Parade via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoPolitical activist Angela Davis has been a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement. During her...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSouth Carolina civil rights legend John Alexander Gaines, who spent a month in the York County jail...
Willie Mays, Baseball Legend and Hall of Famer, Dead at 93
People via Yahoo Sports· 5 hours agoThe "Say Hey Kid," a pioneering baseball player for the New York and San Francisco Giants and New...
Uncovering Dad’s unsung bravery during the Civil Rights Movement
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 4 days agoEditor's note: The writer's father, Everett Fifield Jr., was originally from Council Bluffs and...
Willie Mays: Remembering How He Inspired
Time via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoWillie Mays of the New York Giants in 1954. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Millions of kids who watched Willie Mays play during the prime of his...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 12 hours agoHarry Belafonte, folk singer and civil rights activist, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure in his home in Manhattan at 96 years old. Not only was Belafonte a groundbreaking singer, at ...
Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 4 hours agoWillie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and...
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoEditor's note: This story originally appeared in the South Bend Tribune on Oct. 18, 2013. SOUTH BEND...
Barons used Rickwood Field to help integrate Birmingham
Major League Baseball· 10 hours agoBIRMINGHAM -- By his own account, Paul Seitz had no idea what he was getting into in the 1964...
Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
WKBT La Crosse· 4 hours agoWillie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and...
