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From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoSecondly, it took courage to stand against...to say we're going to do this. And he used these famous...
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoThat was the backdrop 50 years...the next day's South Bend Tribune. It was the civil rights leader's...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 7 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by...and Freedom. King was not alone in highlighting the economic...
22 Ida B. Wells Quotes About Injustice, Truth and Virtue
Parade via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBorn into slavery in Holly...indelible legacy. Here are some of her most powerful, famous and...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 13 hours agoNot only was Belafonte a groundbreaking singer, at one point as famous in the U.S. as Elvis Presley, but he used his fame and money to support civil rights ...
Who is Bessie Coleman? First Black woman to earn international pilot's license
Fox News· 4 days agoBessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. Coleman, who earned...
Jimmy Carter set a virtuous example as president. To today’s voters, that may not matter
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIs virtue overrated in politics? Historians address that question by comparing the legacies of two...
Mary Powell, who introduced Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King, Jr., finally gets a gravestone
GBH News· 14 hours agoAs the mid-morning light swept across St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury Tuesday, singer Lovely...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 1 day agoThe D.C.-based tour guide set out to write 111 Places after feeling that not many African American stories were being told regularly, then finding a wealth of places related to Black ...
Readers sound off on post-Oct. 7 Israel, celebrating Juneteenth and a Nickelodeon show
New York Daily News· 34 minutes agoDespite this military triumph, Israel is losing this war. Hamas, with more than 36,000 deaths and...