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Sputnik Monroe was a self-serving wrestler in Tennessee. He also advanced civil rights
Gannett via AOL· 15 hours agoNot Sputnik, He was a minor player, motivated by self-interest as well as his conscience, operating more on the fringe of polite society. Real heroes dominate history’s main ...
Actor Wendell Pierce Tells the Beast Why He Shared ‘Vile’ Racist Incident
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoTony-nominee Wendell Pierce shocked just about everyone when he tweeted on Tuesday night that he was...
‘Road to Rickwood’: Church Pews and Bleachers
Birmingham News· 13 hours agoRoy Wood Jr., the host of the series, continues to speak with surviving players from the Birmingham Black Barons about the soaring highs and painful lows...
‘Black Barbie’ Trailer: Shonda Rhimes Executive Produces the Mattel Origin Story of Diverse Dolls
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoGreta Gerwig didn’t call Margot Robbie’s “Barbie” character Stereotypical Barbie for nothing. The ...
Phil Lapsansky, historian, social activist, and retired curator of African American history at the...
Philly.com· 5 days agoPhil Lapsansky, 83, of Philadelphia, historian, social activist, former chief of reference and...
Wayne Greenhaw
GBH News· 6 days agoJournalist Greenhaw grew up in Alabama and had relatives and family friends deeply ensconced in the Ku Klux Klan. As an individual and later a reporter covering the civil rights movement for ...
First African Baptist Church to commemorate 60 years since 'Bloody Tuesday'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe commemorative events will conclude with a reception at 5:30 p.m. at First African Baptist...
Capturing Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer on the Set of ‘The Bikeriders’ (Exclusive Photos)
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders is a rousing look into motorcycle gangs, one of the most American of...
Review: ‘Stokely’ at Court Theatre is an unfinished story of a uncompromising radical
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe activist Stokely Carmichael played a major role in both the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement, something that could not said about either Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm ...
Texas education leaders unveil Bible-infused elementary school curriculum
ABC13 Houston· 4 days agoElementary school curriculum proposed this week would infuse new state reading and language arts...