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Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 hours 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· 4 hours agoBitty & Beau’s is a civil rights movement disguised as a coffee shop. MATT RAY PHOTOGRAPHY Bitty &...
‘Man of the People’ celebrates the larger-than-life story of Paul Robeson
Chicago Tribune· 7 hours ago“Paul Robeson is an under-appreciated giant of the 20th century,” says Lasana Kazembe, assistant...
'He made an impact here in Arizona': Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. honored at ASU on 60th anniversary...
12 News KPNX· 8 hours agoIt's a historic day in Arizona but it's not well known to those living here. 60 years ago Dr. Martin...
‘Your rights were violated’: BLM protesters sue Fort Lauderdale cops over brutal crackdown
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe lawsuit, attorney Michael Davis said, seeks justice for the protesters who witnessed a brutal...
Review: ‘Stokely’ at Court Theatre is an unfinished story of a uncompromising radical
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 23 hours 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 ...
LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world
WAGM· 3 days agoWHY IS JUNE PRIDE MONTH? The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June...
First African Baptist Church to commemorate 60 years since 'Bloody Tuesday'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThat day, June, 9 1964, Tuscaloosa law enforcement officers and an angry mob of white citizens...
Sewanee students protest for Palestine, seek continued action from school
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAmong the recent protests on Tennessee college campuses by students calling for divestment from...
The fight over Jackie Robinson
Washington Post· 4 hours agoRachel Robinson couldn’t give her blessing at first. At that point, it had been nearly 50 years since her husband, Jackie Robinson, died and more than 70...