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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAs the Black Lives Matter movement gained renewed power across the country and abroad the previous...
St. Johns County celebrates Juneteenth with ribbon cutting at relocated civil rights landmark
WJXT Jacksonville· 1 hour agoSt. Johns County plans to celebrate Juneteenth with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for a civil...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via AOL· 40 minutes agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
James Lawson Led the Faith-Based Struggle Against Plantation Capitalism
The Nation· 5 hours agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. lived long enough to preach at the funerals of several of the American...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA Today· 4 hours agoThis is where the Birmingham Black Barons played in the Negro Leagues, the only league that...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 23 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St....
The Reverend James Lawson Jr., Civil Rights Trailblazer, Dies at 95 - The Baltimore Times
Baltimore Times· 5 days agoReverend James M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist pastor and civil rights leader, passed away at the age of...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 7 days agoA key architect of the Civil Rights Movement has died. The Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face ...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WLRN Miami· 7 days agoA Methodist minister and student of Gandhi, Lawson mentored civil rights leaders and was the...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 22 hours agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....