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Review: ‘Stokely’ at Court Theatre is an unfinished story of a uncompromising radical
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 24 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 ...
Saving Houston’s LGBTQ history through thousands of hours of radio archives
NPR· 7 hours agoIn one June 1979 episode of Wilde ‘n’ Stein, you can hear prominent activists Larry Bagneris and Charles Law reflecting on their experiences as Black gay men in Houston...
15 famous people you may or may not know attended local universities. See who
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPayton was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. James Meredith is an American civil...
Meet Jamal Bryant's Future First Lady: Dr. Karri Turner, the Woman He Was Caught With at an Ice...
Atlanta Black Star· 6 days agoCivil rights activist and popular Pastor Jamal Bryant announced over Memorial Day weekend in suburban Atlanta at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church ...
The 47 Hong Kong activists in the city's largest national security case
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt was a historic civil disobedience campaign that called for fair and free elections in Hong Kong....
22 LGBTQ+ figures you should know
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 days agoShe earned 39 Grand Slam titles from 1966 to 1975, and also beat Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes" match. But in 1981, King was outed as a...
Republicans join effort to change confederate statues representing MS in Washington
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMississippi Republicans are seeking to join Democrats and work on legislation that would aim to...
June should be American Freedom Month | Opinion
Seattle Times· 23 hours agoOn June 7, 1776, Virginia’s Richard Henry Lee stood before the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and resolved “that these United Colonies are, and of ...
Wayne Greenhaw
GBH News· 6 days agoJournalist Greenhaw grew up in Alabama and had relatives and family friends deeply ensconced in the Ku Klux Klan. As an individual and later a reporter covering the civil ...
On this day in history, May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth delivers famed 'Ain’t I a Woman' speech
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAfrican American abolitionist and women's right advocate Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't...