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Atlanta civil rights activist known for using megaphone during marches passes away
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAn icon of the civil rights movement in Atlanta has passed away. Rev. Fred D. Taylor was known for...
'Something to Stand For' movie showcases Oklahoma talent, locations
Tulsa World· 12 hours agoThe upcoming nationwide release of the feature film “Something to Stand For” starring “Dirty Jobs”...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 6 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...
Black women forced to choose between abortion and rent in post-Dobbs America
theGrio via AOL· 10 hours agoOn the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, Black reproductive justice activists say...
From 2000: Notre Dame's Hesburgh reflects on Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBy July 1964, Johnson signed that bill. The next year, the Civil Rights Voting Act was passed and,...
Why is voter turnout always so low when so many communities are patriotic?
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoOn the 60th year anniversary of this nation’s most important, courageous and successful drive to...
From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEditor's note: This story originally appeared in the South Bend Tribune on Jan. 21, 2007. SOUTH BEND...
'Freedom Never Dies': New children's book spells out life, activism of Harry and Harriette Moore
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHere in Brevard, the number of Black teachers and administrators is much lower than what Bryan...
2 sisters, a farmer and a dentist are among those honored with Freedom Trail markers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSome of their passion was fueled by the unjust world in which they lived, but they also were...
Opinion: Why Expanding Access to Algebra is a Matter of Civil Rights
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBob Moses, who helped register Black residents to vote in Mississippi during the Civil Rights...