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The Kimmel Center’s new Marian Anderson Hall is unveiled in historic ceremony
WHYY· 2 hours agoBorn in 1897, Anderson, an internally-renowned contralto, broke barriers throughout her life and...
What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 2 days agoJune 19, also known as Juneteenth, was first celebrated as an official state holiday in...
New exhibition in memory of the Civil Rights Movement comes to St. Augustine Beach
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 3 days agoThere is a new exhibition at the St. Augustine Beach Hotel called “Waves of Change.” The unveiling...
Tuscaloosa's 'Bloody Tuesday' Changed the Course of History
Time via Yahoo News· 2 days agoState troopers and deputies stand at the entrance to a University of Alabama building in Tuscaloosa...
‘Voice for equality and justice’ in Birmingham civil rights movement dead at 82
Birmingham News· 2 days agoCivil rights activist Myrna Carter Jackson, who was twice arrested during marches in 1963 in the...
Court Theatre presents "Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution"
CBS News· 1 day agoCHICAGO (CBS) — "Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution" is now at Chicago's Court Theatre, and...
Blacks, youngest voters choose 'uncommitted' over Clinton
CNN.com· 1 day agoWhile Sen. Hillary Clinton won a majority of Michigan Democratic primary votes Tuesday, blacks and the youngest voters favored the "uncommitted" choice. According to CNN exit polling, 68 percent ...
Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPeople of a certain age who grew up in Memphis know all too well about Sputnik Monroe, the professional wrestler who used the power of celebrity and popular culture to move the racial equality ...
A Fast-Growing Coffee Chain Is Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBitty & Beau’s is a civil rights movement disguised as a coffee shop. MATT RAY PHOTOGRAPHY Bitty &...
24 Bucket-List Places to Take Your Kids
Cheapism via AOL· 11 hours agoeli_asenova/istockphoto Take the Kids, Please Parents are afforded roughly 18 summers to take their children on family vacations that not only shape...