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14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you may not recognize
Stacker via AOL· 5 months agoPhoto Illustration by Stacker // Getty Images In mainstream accounts of the Civil Rights Movement,...
30 Civil Rights Leaders of the Past and Present
Biography via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIda B. Wells, John Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, and Tarana Burke are just some of the Black civil rights activists who continue to impact American society...
Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that's still shaping American politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a small Sugar Shack store, on May 3, 1966,...
History in the Big Easy: The New Orleans' Civil Rights Museum
dpa international via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNew Orleans is famous for its role as the birthplace of jazz, its lively French Quarter and the wild...
Black History/White Lies: The 10 biggest myths about the Civil Rights Movement
theGrio via AOL· 4 months agoOPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and...
Everything you know about Brown v. Board of Education is wrong
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDemonstrators picket in front of a school board office protesting segregation of students. (Photo by...
Gavin Newsom Was Right 19 Years Ago — And Conservatives Just Keep Being Wrong
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMayor Gavin Newsom marries Erin Carder (left) and Kerri McCoy at City Hall in San Francisco,...
WRTA honors Rosa Parks in recognition of Black History Month with seat on each bus
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWORCESTER — The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was a time when many people took a...
Milwaukee County buses to keep a seat open for Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMilwaukee County Transit System buses will keep a seat open for two civil rights leaders, Rosa Parks...
This Fort Worth lawyer blazed Texas legal trails. Now a children’s book shares his legacy
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJudge L. Clifford Davis sits in his conference room, surrounded by mementos representing key events...