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Cheers & Jeers
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 23 hours agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 3 days agoThe March on Washington, after all, was about jobs as well as freedom, and one of the themes that connected the plethora of speeches given by the leaders...
What Black history is taught in SC? Education department says it’s enough, others disagree
The State· 11 hours agoWhat Black history is taught in SC? In a June 4 memo, the state department of education abruptly...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader's family says
WBNS-10TV Columbus· 4 days agoKing Jr., who called him “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.” Lawson...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Fourth of July may be recognized as America’s Independence Day, but it was not so for all ...
Rev. James Lawson fought injustice with love and nonviolence. The work is incomplete
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“We would achieve the removal of some discriminatory legislation, only to find that discrimination...
SC ends AP African American Studies in public schools. Some say it’s ‘whitewashing history’
The State via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe South Carolina Department of Education announced that schools could not longer offer advanced...
Fall River students' artwork on display in Juneteenth exhibit at Government Center
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoFlag by Ben Haith, and the symbolic colors of red, black, green, and gold. The exhibition features...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Civil Rights Leader Who Preached Nonviolent Protest, Dies at 95
US News & World Report· 4 days agoKing Jr., who called him “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.” Lawson met King in 1957, after spending three years in India soaking up knowledge about Mohandas K ...
Letter: Younger generation insulated from personal responsibility
Quad-City Times· 20 hours agoThe recent demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind me of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s … with some differences.
