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13 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in the D.C. area
Washington Post· 12 hours agoThe Scotland community, founded by formerly enslaved people in Potomac in the 1870s and 1880s, hosts its second Juneteenth Heritage Festival with events...
‘Magnificent matriarch’: Birmingham Civil Rights icon Myrna Carter Jackson, 82, eulogized
Birmingham News· 3 days agoMyrna Carter Jackson, the Birmingham civic activist and Foot Soldier, who died last week, was...
Opinion: My first vote will be the continuation of a family legacy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 17 hours agoThe 2024 presidential election will be the first time that I will vote in the national election....
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
Denver Post· 3 days agoBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER, TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ (Associated Press) LOS ANGELES — The Rev. James...
'He never wavered': Massillon civil rights icon James Lawson dies at 95
The Repository via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson, the former Massillon resident and civil rights icon who preached nonviolence...
Elle G Cabot redesigns fashion illustration with pride
Rolling Out· 7 hours agoIn this edition of Design and Dialogue, Munson Steed shines a spotlight on the trailblazing designer...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 2 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by Martin Luther King Jr., was given at the 1963 March on Washington for...
6 Powerful Biopics That Celebrate Real-Life LGBTQ+ Figures
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoCredit: Paramount Pictures In honor of Pride Month, there are a lot of entertaining LGBTQ+ movies to...
Bethel Baptist founder inspires first of 10 historical markers for Tallahassee Bicentennial
Gannett via AOL· 11 hours agoThis new historical marker is one of 10 planned by the The Tallahassee Historical Society that will...
Civil rights leader, Uniontown native the Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95
Observer-Reporter· 2 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...