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Is the future of the civil rights movement in question?
WFMJ Youngstown· 4 days agoA local historian feels the future of civil rights could soon be hanging in the balance.
Rock Hill Friendship Nine member John Gaines dies
WJZY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFLORENCE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – John Gaines, a member of the heralded Friendship Nine group that was arrested after staging a sit-in at a whites-only...
Freedom Summer: 60 years since the iconic movement
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 2 days agoThe summer of 1964 was a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, demonstrating the power of ground-level activism and interracial cooperation. Anyone over 18 in Mississippi can register ...
Willie Mays: Remembering How He Inspired
Time via AOL· 3 days agoWillie Mays of the New York Giants in 1954. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Millions of kids who watched Willie Mays play during the prime of his...
Civil rights icon Andrew Young shares insights at Kansas Bar Association meeting
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTOPEKA — On a Saturday drive home in the late 1950s in Alabama, Andrew Young — then a pastor and...
The surprise election that could be a model for Democrats in 2024
CNN via AOL· 2 days agoWith Democrats divided over the Israel-Hamas war, uninspired by their presidential nominee in Joe...
11 Inspiring Places Around the U.S. to Learn More About Black History
Veranda via AOL· 6 days agoFrom museums to theaters, there's plenty to do in these storied destinations. Here, the best trips...
Brevard history lesson: Who were Harry and Harriette Moore, slain civil rights activists?
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Moore Cultural Complex is just one of many places around Brevard County celebrating Juneteenth...
Watch: Honoring trailblazers in Boston’s civil rights movement - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoYou may have heard of — maybe even visited — The Embrace, the 20-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide bronze...
'Freedom Never Dies': New children's book spells out life, activism of Harry and Harriette Moore
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAlmost 73 years ago, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore died after a bomb placed beneath the bedroom...
