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Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award
theGrio via AOL· 9 hours agoAfter the years-long effort, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna tells theGrio, “There’s not enough knowledge about...
Celebrating 10 Years of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston, Texas...
KION 46 Salinas· 1 day agoFrom August 2023 through August 2024, Comcast NBCUniversal is celebrating the 10th anniversary of...
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThree years after it was made a federal holiday, Juneteenth 2024 marks a day of celebration as well...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoSouth Carolina civil rights legend John Alexander Gaines, who spent a month in the York County jail...
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The Root· 10 minutes agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Uncovering Dad’s unsung bravery during the Civil Rights Movement
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 3 days agoEditor's note: The writer's father, Everett Fifield Jr., was originally from Council Bluffs and...
Ted Cruz’s Totally Outrageous “Proof” That the KKK Loves Democrats
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoTed Cruz wouldn’t be a conservative if he wasn’t adept at historical revisionism. On Monday, he...
Bill Maher says there's a 'silent Black majority' that's 'not with AOC'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoHBO host Bill Maher suggested there were a "silent Black majority" that does not side with the far...
Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Rev. James Lawson, a storied civil rights leader, died on Monday at age 95 in Los Angeles. Lawson is widely known as the...
Rock Hill Friendship Nine member John Gaines dies
WJZY via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoFLORENCE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – John Gaines, a member of the heralded Friendship Nine group that was arrested after staging a sit-in at a whites-only...