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Rev. James Lawson Jr., original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, has died | New Orleans'...
Louisiana Weekly· 21 hours agoRev. James Lawson Jr., original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, has died 20th June 2024 · 0 Comments By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire)
Is the future of the civil rights movement in question?
WFMJ Youngstown· 1 day agoIs the future of the civil rights movement in question?
2 sisters, a farmer and a dentist are among those honored with Freedom Trail markers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe Mississippi Humanities Council and VisitMississippi have been busy this month installing five...
Celebrating 10 Years of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston, Texas...
KION 46 Salinas· 4 days agoFrom August 2023 through August 2024, Comcast NBCUniversal is celebrating the 10th anniversary of...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSouth Carolina civil rights legend John Alexander Gaines, who spent a month in the York County jail...
Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award
theGrio via AOL· 3 days agoAfter the years-long effort, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna tells theGrio, “There’s not enough knowledge about...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....
Uncovering Dad’s unsung bravery during the Civil Rights Movement
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 6 days agoEditor's note: The writer's father, Everett Fifield Jr., was originally from Council Bluffs and...
Freedom Summer: 60 years since the iconic movement
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoThe summer of 1964 was a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, demonstrating the power of ground-level activism and interracial cooperation. Anyone over 18 in Mississippi can register ...
From 2000: Notre Dame's Hesburgh reflects on Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEditor's note: This story originally appeared in the South Bend Tribune on Jan. 25, 2000. SOUTH BEND...