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March on Washington's 60th anniversary commemorated today
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTo commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, CBS News presents a special, season...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York....
‘Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!’: Memories from the crowd at MLK’s March on Washington
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt's 1963, and 15-year-old Clayola Brown just heard the news on the car radio in Philadelphia: There...
Colman Domingo and the Obamas surprise audience at a 'Rustin' screening — see the pics
TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPresident Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and "Rustin" star Colman Domingo made a surprise appearance...
U of I professor Gerald McWorter to speak at 48th MLK Memorial Breakfast in Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe great-great-grandson of the founder of the first town legally set up and registered by an...
What it means to have John Lewis on a U.S. stamp
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: Having the face of the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia on a Forever Stamp is a reminder that the contributions of all Americans...
Howard Thurman, inspiration to MLK, was a man of firsts
theGrio via AOL· 4 months agoThurman helped shape the civil rights movement of the South after he talked to Mahatma Gandhi about nonviolence. Howard Thurman […] The post Howard Thurman, inspiration to MLK, was a man of firsts appeared first on TheGrio.
The Good Fight series finale review: When a happy ending isn't very happy
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWarning: This post contains spoilers for the series finale of The Good Fight. "Nothing happens...
Historic Route 40 in Maryland was the setting for some civil rights struggles of the early 1960s
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRoute 40 spans the nation from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey,...