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Civil rights leaders honor FDNY for condemning Birmingham officials’ use of fire hoses, dogs on...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMonths before four little girls were killed in a Birmingham, Ala., church bombing that helped turn...
Birmingham Children's Crusade activist to visit Wooster for MLK Day events
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWOOSTER − The Rev. Gwendolyn Webb was arrested at 14 years of age when she attended the Birmingham...
Why the Neo-Nazis Picked Charlottesville in the First Place (It Wasn’t the Statue)
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoZach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images In August of 2017, alt-right activists, Klansmen, and...
Black History/White Lies: The 10 biggest myths about the Civil Rights Movement
theGrio via AOL· 3 months agoOPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and...
Wyatt Tee Walker: Chief strategist for Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for civil rights
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRev. Wyatt Tee Walker during a news interview in 2004. AP Photo/Frank Franklin IIMuch of the civil...
At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoBlack civil rights leaders and a multiracial, interfaith coalition of allies will join together on...
Unsung Detroit heroes: 2 Martin Luther King Jr. marches possible
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNearly 60 years ago, on Aug. 28, 1963, the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history was...
Opinion: Harry Belafonte and the Birmingham protests that changed America
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNonviolent Black student demonstrators were met with fire hoses and dogs in May 1963 during the...
What's the history of 'outside agitators'? Here's what to know about the label and campus protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHistorically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights...
The Excerpt podcast: Celebrating the outsized impact of Dr. Martin Luther King
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Sunday's episode of The Excerpt podcast: Celebrating the outsized impact of Dr. Martin Luther...