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60 years since acid poured into pool filled with Civil Rights activists in St. Augustine
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 1 hour agoTuesday marks 60 years since the hotel manager of Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine poured acid in...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSouth Carolina civil rights legend John Alexander Gaines, who spent a month in the York County jail...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
WJAX via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St. Augustine. In 1964, African American civil rights activists ...
Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award
theGrio via AOL· 1 day agoAfter the years-long effort, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna tells theGrio, “There’s not enough knowledge about...
Civil district judge dismisses New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s restraining order case
ABC 26 New Orleans· 37 minutes agoNew Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s temporary restraining order against Anne Breaud was dismissed by an Orleans Civil District judge Tuesday morning.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute welcomes giant baseball card honoring Willie Mays
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 25 minutes agoFox sports partnered with Fanatics in a six-stop tour leading up to the MLB game June 20 at Rickwood...
How Nashville's Southern Student Organizing Committee was inspired to broaden Civil Rights Movement
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 1964, student activists at Scarritt College in Nashville formed one of the many civil rights groups that pushed for equality and racial justice. The group, called the Southern ...
Daughter shares story of her father, Deputy Sheriff Fifield, during the Civil Rights era
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoTeresa Thompson, the daughter of former Deputy Sheriff Everett Fifield, shares story of father's...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 9 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St....
Civil rights era leader dies at 95 | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 7 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...