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'The American mind is not all that small, and it welcomes all ideas.'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRobert J. Booker, Knoxville’s most revered African American historian, an Austin High School...
Civil rights leader Malcolm X inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLINCOLN - Omaha-born civil rights leader Malcolm X, who would've been 99 on May 19, became the first...
Gerald Ensley: Two dimes on a city bus brought cultural upheaval
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoUntil those demands were met, said the ICC, Blacks would not ride city buses. White leaders -...
Thousands pack Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church for 1st of 2 services honoring Rev. William Lawson
ABC13 Houston· 2 days agoThousands of people attended a community service Thursday night to celebrate the late Rev. William...
Statement From President Joe Biden on Four Years Since George Floyd’s Murder | The White House
The White House· 1 day agoThe day before George Floyd’s funeral, his young daughter Gianna told me, “Daddy changed the world.”...
Biden tells Morehouse graduates that he hears their voices of protest over the war in Gaza
Rapid City Journal· 6 days agoPresident Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students' anguish over the...
Houston residents turn out for final viewing of civil rights pioneer, Rev. William Lawson | Houston...
Houston Public Media· 2 days agoLawson lays in state at the church he founded 64 years ago in his apartment, Wheeler Avenue Baptist...
An ACLU lawyer defended racists’ free speech rights. Now she’s running for Congress
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAfter growing up learning about the Civil Rights Movement and the importance of people being free to...
Chicago teen earns doctoral degree at age 17
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“I knew what it took for her to go through that. She had to sacrifice a lot. A lot of her fears and going through different things during the pandemic,”...
Rural S.C. Lowcountry counties played key, but little-known role in Civil Rights history
Bluffton Today· 6 days agoWhen we think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, most may recall events at historical...