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Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
AOL· 4 hours agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson. That’s why he and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
New Documentary Illuminates the Heart and Soul of Disco
SPIN via Yahoo News· 46 minutes agoDisco never died. The people who attended the Disco Demolition Night at Chicago’s Comiskey Park...
Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Transgender Cake Case
US News & World Report· 12 hours agoTwo cases have centered on baker Jack Phillips, who in...Supreme Court in that case in 2018. Phillips was later sued by Autumn Scardina, a transgender woman, after Phillips ...
How Nashville's Southern Student Organizing Committee was inspired to broaden Civil Rights Movement
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“I came from a religious background, and I deeply believed...Thrasher attended a meeting of the National Christian Leadership Council, another Nashville civil rights group ...
Juneteenth means more than celebrations in Jackson. It's a time of reflection, commemoration
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoShe plans to bring her 10-year-old niece to the museum on Juneteenth to celebrate. This time...
Texas man convicted of threatening to kill Rep Maxine Waters gets nearly 3 years in prison
Fox News· 2 hours agoA Texas man received a nearly three-year-long jail sentence after his criminal conviction for...
Harrisburg’s William Howard Day made mark as pioneering civil rights leader | Column
The Patriot-News· 3 days agoWilliam Howard Day was a significant 19th-century Black civil rights figure who made his mark in...
US Senate field hearing on state abortion laws scheduled for Phoenix
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 hours ago"deserve to be examined and understood" because "the freedom... a move that attracted national headlines, the Arizona Supreme Court on April 9 upheld a Civil War-era near ...
Meshell Ndegeocello: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR· 3 hours agoHer new album out in August, No Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, zooms out to focus on the love of humanity as inspired by the writer and civil rights activist. Her performance ...
A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThis might not seem like a natural fit at first, but in truth, enjoying the sexist fantasy of a...