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Reggie Jackson Delivers Harrowing Monologue on the Racism He Suffered in Alabama
The Daily Beast· 58 minutes agoBaseball legend Reggie Jackson on Thursday evening returned to the historic Alabama park that helped...
Celebrating 10 Years of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston, Texas...
KION 46 Salinas· 5 days agoFrom August 2023 through August 2024, Comcast NBCUniversal is celebrating the 10th anniversary of...
Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award
theGrio via AOL· 4 days ago“He had such a wonderful perspective and hopeful perspective about America.” Khanna has introduced...
Democrats commemorate LGBTQ+ rights movement with Stonewall Day resolutions (exclusive)
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoWhile we celebrate how far we have come as a country, we must recognize the sacrifice of those in...
FBI Files Reveal Last Moments in Lives of 3 Civil Rights Workers Murdered in 'Mississippi Burning'...
People via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIn Philadelphia, Miss., on June 21, 1964, the three men in the car were an unlikely trio. James Earl...
2 sisters, a farmer and a dentist are among those honored with Freedom Trail markers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSome of their passion was fueled by the unjust world in which they lived, but they also were...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, has died | New Orleans'...
Louisiana Weekly· 2 days 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)
From 2000: Notre Dame's Hesburgh reflects on Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBy July 1964, Johnson signed that bill. The next year, the Civil Rights Voting Act was passed and,...
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...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 3 days agowildpixel/istockphoto Let Freedom Ring Juneteenth, a blend of "June" and "Nineteenth," is a 159-year-old holiday that celebrates the liberation of the...