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Rev. Bill Lawson: Funeral held for civil rights icon, founder of Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church
ABC13 Houston· 23 hours agoWheeler Avenue Baptist Church will be filled with thousands to honor the life of founder Reverend...
Teaneck civil rights activist Lacey receives award from Museum of the City of New York
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTEANECK — Resident and civil rights activist Theodora Smiley Lacey has received the Clara Lemlich...
'The American mind is not all that small, and it welcomes all ideas.'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThey've all approved this. So today you join leaders of industry, journalists, activists,...
Trump's son-in-law, ex-administration official meet in Michigan with Arab Americans
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 45 minutes agoBiden and other Democrats have said in response that Trump was responsible for the travel ban on...
Clarence Thomas Just Set Civil Rights Back 70 Years
The Root· 18 hours agoSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is raising eyebrows and getting plenty of eye rolls for his comments on a landmark Court decision that helped...
New exhibit shows impact of Civil Rights movement on Bob Dylan's art
Tulsa World· 6 days agoIn January of 1961, just days after John F. Kennedy was sworn in as president, a 19-year-old...
Rev. Ira Acree declines Chicago mayor's RTA board nomination
FOX News Chicago· 16 hours agoCivil rights leader Rev. Ira Acree is withdrawing his nomination for his appointment to the Regional...
Gerald Ensley: Two dimes on a city bus brought cultural upheaval
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAs historian Glenda Rabby writes in "The Pain and the Promise," her comprehensive 1999 book about...
“The Movement” documentary showcases Civil Rights struggles in Danville
WDBJ 7 Roanoke· 3 days agoJune 10, 1963 is a day that will always be remembered by the people who lived through it. “That was...
City of Marion, state of Illinois honor civil rights activist
The Southern Illinoisan· 17 hours agoMARION — Activist JoAnne Bland, the youngest person to be arrested during the civil rights movement,...