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A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 2 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by Martin Luther King Jr., was given at the 1963 March on Washington for...
Former Booker T. Washington gym to be renovated
Rocky Mount Telegram· 3 days agoThe former Booker T. Washington High School gymnasium, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech more than six decades ago that included...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Coming Up for Air
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJADA Pinkett Smith portrayed the character Fish Mooney in the shows first three seasons. LINCOLN...
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at...
CNN.com· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died...
Students, teachers call on SC education agency to add AP African American Studies to state list
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCOLUMBIA — Nacala McDaniels was excited when her high school in Richland County started offering...
Pa.-born civil rights leader who led sit-ins, Freedom Rides dies at 95
The Patriot-News· 3 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement,...
Our Queerest Century: A curated timeline
Arizona Daily Sun· 20 hours agoThe following is a curated timeline inspired by Our Queerest Century. 1924: Henry Gerber founds the Society for Human Rights, credited as the first gay...
Joe Rogan on why rappers now supporting Trump
Newsweek· 4 days agoJoe Rogan has stated that Donald Trump has seen an uptick in support from rappers following his recent hush money trial, which ended with a conviction....
Big Banks Are Helping Big Oil Kill the Planet
Newsweek· 2 days agoTo say climate scientists are being ignored is an understatement. The planet is sliding past 1.5 degrees Celsius of heating. Heat waves and crop failures...
Reliance on family and faith was the foundation that led Tucker to the Hall of Fame
Greensboro News & Record· 5 days agoFrom the town of Murphy in the Blue Ridge Mountains to Manteo, the farthest city east that borders the Atlantic Ocean, NCHSAA Commissioner Que Tucker has traversed many miles over the course ...
