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Lies and distortion have a terrible effect on society. My brother's story illustrates that
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOn June 21, 1964, 60 years ago this week, my older brother Andrew Goodman was kidnapped and then murdered by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ...
Kimball Shinkoskey: A shameful parade of political servility
The Sun Chronicle· 4 days agoAmerica has experienced some embarrassingly cultic, racist, and repressive moments over the past couple hundred years: The Mormon polygamy experiment in the 19th century; Ku
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoWithout the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud ...
James T. Butts Jr.: Bare-knuckled mayor who rebuilt Inglewood
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoIn the 1960s, racial covenants were still being used to try to keep Inglewood — once the headquarters for a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan
New York’s First Black Librarians Changed the Way We Read
New York Times· 5 days agoHow the women who ran libraries during the Harlem Renaissance where they built collections and, just...
Alvin Pearsall played major role in Polk County high school basketball after integration
The Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 6 days ago“I caught the devil being named the first African-American head basketball coach in Lake Wales...
Chaney, Goodman & Schwerner live on
New York Daily News· 3 days agoIt was a warm summer day in Neshoba County, Miss. in June 1964. James E. Chaney, Andy Goodman and Mickey Schwerner were recruited along with hundreds of...
Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor enters 2025 Virginia attorney general race
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 5 days agoHenrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor is running for the Democratic nomination for...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agothe Tennessee Historical Commission voted 25-1 to remove a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest—the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan— ...
On This Day in History - June 21st - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 3 days agoOn June 21, 2008, nearly 1,400 people, most of them on a ferry that capsized, were killed in Typhoon...
