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NBA great Magic Johnson reminisces at Arizona State
The Arizona Republic· 4 hours agoEarvin "Magic" Johnson's megastar aura was in full force at Arizona State on Monday. Johnson's 6-foot-9 frame draped in his billionaire suit towering...
Disgraced general Michael Flynn has made a new movie—about himself
Mother Jones· 6 hours agoFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. To hear Michael Flynn tell it, he belongs in the pantheon of great American martyrs ...
Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission hosts post-Memorial Day food giveaway
KARK via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMemorial Day may be over, but one Little Rock organization is keeping the holiday spirit alive by...
U.S. vows solidarity as Tiananmen Square leaders plea to keep memory alive
The Raw Story· 4 hours agoThe United States vowed Tuesday to never stop promoting human rights in China 35 years after the...
On this day in history, June 5, 1968, presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot in Los...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoPresidential hopeful and former attorney general Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on this day in...
Man fatally shot at Oakland homeless camp
San Jose Mercury News· 1 day agoA man was fatally shot Tuesday morning at a West Oakland homeless encampment, authorities said. The shooting happened about 5 a.m. Tuesday outside the...
Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPeople of a certain age who grew up in Memphis know all too well about Sputnik Monroe, the professional wrestler who used the power of celebrity and popular culture to move the racial equality ...
Augusta Commission approves more than $1.1 million in new street lighting purchases
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThere was at least one bright spot in Tuesday's Augusta Commission meeting. Multiple purchases were...
University of Alabama historian's book details Tuscaloosa's 'Bloody Tuesday'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoBloody Tuesday's tale, 60 years on, remains still to be widely recognized for its horrors. For...
Looking for Juneteenth celebrations in the Triangle? Here are some places to go.
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIn June 1865, the South was still reeling from a bloody civil war, and many formerly enslaved Black...