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U.S. Mourns Death of Rev. James M. Lawson, `One of Our Nation's Noblest Leaders' - Los Angeles...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 6 days agoTributes continued this week for the Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman < ...
Civil rights lawyer William T. Coleman honored among the founding fathers
WHYY· 4 days agothe Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? A Philadelphia...
Artist chosen to design Greensboro 6 mural
WFMY News 2 Greensboro· 23 hours agoIn August 2023, leaders announced plans for a new mural to honor the civil rights pioneers. GREENSBORO, N.C. — The artist to paint a ...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
WJAX via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St. Augustine. In 1964, African American civil ...
Celebrating late jazz icon Duke Ellington on his 125th birthday
WBUR Boston· 4 hours agoThis year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of bandleader, composer and pianist Duke...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 hours agoMartin Luther King Jr. and others lunch. Last year, on the 59th anniversary, Action News Jax talked...
Potential VP pick Sen. J.D. Vance once liked tweets harshly critical of Trump
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoRepublican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a leading candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice president, liked...
How Boston's Eliot School desegregated — and resegregated
WBUR Boston· 10 hours agoBy many measures, the Eliot K-8 Innovation School is a notable bright spot for Boston Public...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 hours agoCollege campuses across the nation have lit up in protests against the U.S. government’s support of Israel in its ...
The Rev James Lawson, Martin Luther King’s right-hand man in the Civil Rights struggle – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Rev James Lawson, who has died aged 95, was a civil rights activist who stood alongside Martin...