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Biden, Honoring Juneteenth, Warns of Danger of ‘Old Ghosts in New Garments’
New York Times· 3 days agoThe president assailed attacks on Black history, and vowed that his administration was committed to...
Episode 1: The Holy Grail of Baseball
WUSF 89.7· 16 hours agoBirmingham, Alabama was one of the fiercest battlegrounds of the American Civil Rights Movement. But in order to understand the struggle, you don’t have to look any further than Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball
Today in History: June 12, 49 killed in Pulse nightclub shooting
The Eagle-Tribune· 2 days agoToday is Wednesday, June 12, the 164th day of 2024. On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded ...
James M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95
New York Times· 3 days agoAfter studying Gandhi’s principles of civil disobedience in India, he joined the 1960s civil rights...
Today in History: June 13, Johnson nominates Marshall to become first Black Supreme Court justice -...
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoToday is Thursday, June 13, the 165th day of 2024. There are 201 days left in the year. On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become ...
Road to Rickwood
WABE· 5 days agoIt hosted everything from segregated baseball, a women’s suffrage event, a Klan rally and eventually, the first integrated sports team in Alabama. “The Road to Rickwood” host, Roy< ...
Today in History: June 12
The Herald Bulletin· 2 days agoIn 1942, Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday, less than a month before she and her family...
Trump, Biden, and the Year of Willful Ignorance: Is the US Media Afraid of the 2024 Election?
TV Fanatic· 12 hours agoYou see, Abbasi's film -- aptly titled The Apprentice -- has yet to secure a distribution deal in...
Stephen C. 'Steve' Weiss, longtime commercial real estate broker, dies
Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 7—Stephen C. Weiss, a commercial real estate broker, died of kidney cancer May 15 at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Owings Mills resident was 67. "Steve was the consummate professional ...
What to know about Tuscaloosa's 'Bloody Tuesday'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNotable quotes "We shall...will teach our children. There is a tomorrow, there is a future, there is hope for Tuscaloosa." -- the Rev. Roy Ferguson...
