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Civil rights icon, nonviolence advocate, Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
NBC Los Angeles· 3 days agoFuneral services were pending Monday for the Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights...
Community remembers costs as 60th anniversary of Civil Rights Act nears
The Meridian Star, Miss. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 10—This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civl Rights Act of 1964, and community leaders are using the anniversary to remind residents of the high price paid for ...
From the Archives: Sioux City Brewing sells first keg, 100 pounds of coffee stolen
Sioux City Journal· 5 days agoBrewery Sells First Keg of Beer: The first beer of the Sioux City Brewing company was put on the...
‘Not enough beds’: A look at the farmworker housing crisis in eastern Washington
The Columbian· 4 days agoEach morning at 5 a.m., Marcos Gonzalez Rios and Rogaciano Sonchez Tapia board a van with other H-2A...
TPS officially inducts 2024 Hall of Fame class
Tulsa World· 7 days agoIn 1988, Clifford Criddle coached Rogers to its only boys state basketball title over the past 65 years. It was the first game he coached against Jonita...
The glory days of Fresno’s Hacienda: Was it the largest motel in America?
The Fresno Bee· 3 days agoThe glory days of Fresno’s Hacienda: Was it the largest motel in America? While many of the free-standing former motel rooms remain on the site, the Hacienda complex serves a more utilitarian ...
How a Times-Dispatch reporter keeps the past alive
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 1 day agoNews, as the adage goes, is the first rough draft of history. Em Holter, a reporter for The Times-Dispatch, knows all about that.
How Beyond Meat is trying to get its sizzle back
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 5 days agoWhen Beyond Meat went public in 2019 in an initial stock offering that saw its shares nearly triple in price, it seemed to confirm that plant-based meats...
'Closest to Mardi Gras': Revelers converge at Cry Baby Hill
Tulsa World· 4 days agoCry Baby Hill is part of the route for bike racers on the last day of Tulsa Tough, but it has become...
U.S. Steel gives college scholarships to workers' children
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 7 days agoU.S. Steel awarded college scholarships to the children of its employees all around the country.