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From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoCivil Rights Act getting passed and the movement? I would have to say that a big part of its passing...
Celebrating 10 Years of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston, Texas...
KION 46 Salinas· 3 days agoFrom August 2023 through August 2024, Comcast NBCUniversal is celebrating the 10th anniversary of...
James Lawson Led the Faith-Based Struggle Against Plantation Capitalism
The Nation· 8 hours agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. lived long enough to preach at the funerals of several of the American ...
10 Movies That Celebrate Black Joy to Stream on Juneteenth
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 53 minutes agoWriter and director Eugene Ashe’s refreshing take on this classic...period and genre they aren’t...
Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award
theGrio via AOL· 2 days agoKhanna described Lawson as the architect of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, which was...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEarly influences Lawson grew up in Massillon, Ohio. His father, James...odd influence for an...
How Nashville's Southern Student Organizing Committee was inspired to broaden Civil Rights Movement
Gannett via AOL· 4 days ago“On all these counts, the clock has been turned back,” Orrock said. “And that’s the world we live in now.” This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: James Lawson helped inspire ...
11 Inspiring Places Around the U.S. to Learn More About Black History
Veranda via AOL· 1 day agoFrom museums to theaters, there's plenty to do in these storied destinations. Here, the best trips...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThere, he conducted trainings in nonviolent protest in a church basement, stoking a passion for...
Opinion | Why Juneteenth gives me hope in 2024
MSNBC· 46 minutes agoAlthough it was only designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth National Independence Day has of course been celebrated in Black American...