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Willie Mays: Remembering How He Inspired
Time via Yahoo Sports· 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...
Atlanta civil rights leader known for using megaphone at protests dies: City Councilmember
WXIA-TV Atlanta· 1 day agoAtlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond issued a heartfelt statement Saturday on the passing...
Freedom Summer is remembered 60 years later. Some hope a younger generation is listening
Hattiesburg American via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJune 21, 1964, was an ordinary day for many Americans, but for three civil rights workers in...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, has died | New Orleans'...
Louisiana Weekly· 3 days agoRev. James Lawson Jr., original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, has died 20th June 2024 · 0 Comments By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire)
Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The other America’
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEditor’s note: To commemorate Juneteenth, we share excerpts of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Stanford University in April 1967. We hear...
Willie Mays remembered for breaking barriers on and off the field
KTVU via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs we honor the legacy of Willie Mays' baseball career, we can’t forget the steps he took towards civil rights during the height of a controversial time in our history.
FBI Files Reveal Last Moments in Lives of 3 Civil Rights Workers Murdered in 'Mississippi Burning'...
People via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn Philadelphia, Miss., on June 21, 1964, the three men in the car were an unlikely trio. James Earl...
Sixty years ago, a photographer rolled with a biker gang. Now his life is a movie
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoFor two days in the fall of 2022, Danny Lyon was transported back to his distant biker past. The...
How the LGBTQ+ voting bloc became rooted in San Francisco
The San Francisco Examiner· 6 hours agoSan Francisco pioneered the way for LGBTQ+ representation across the nation, but the work is far...
Wes Moore and the politics of cannabis
Politico· 5 days agoThe move comes less than a year after adult-use recreational cannabis became legal in the state. “It’s a great day for the soul of Maryland,” Democratic...
