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Juneteenth means more than celebrations in Jackson. It's a time of reflection, commemoration
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoMississippi does not recognize Juneteenth, despite having one of the nation’s largest Black...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 6 hours agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....
How to celebrate Juneteenth in St. Augustine? Here's a list of events
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDocuments show that while locked in the county jail, King telegrammed a friend, Rabbi Israel...
Civil rights era leader dies at 95 | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 7 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Freedom Summer is remembered 60 years later. Some hope a younger generation is listening
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoI am tired of funerals. We've got to stand up." Three years earlier, as a Freedom Rider, he was...
The Rev James Lawson, Martin Luther King’s right-hand man in the Civil Rights struggle – obituary
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoLawson duly enrolled in the divinity department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, leading...
Retired AP reporter Hoyt Harwell dies at 93. He covered key events in the American South - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 24 hours agoHoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for The Associated Press who covered key events in the American South and was a mentor to young reporters, has died. Harwell died at home June 12 following ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 8 hours agoCollege campuses across the nation have lit up in protests against the U.S. government’s support of Israel in its war with Gaza over the last several weeks. From the University of California ...
‘My dad would put 87 in his BMW and wonder why he had fuel system issues’: Driver gets 87 grade...
The Daily Dot· 2 days agoOne man’s attempt at saving money at the gas pump may have cost him a trip to the mechanic. The...
I use people's preferred pronouns out of respect. Not because the government said so.
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoProfessor Nicholas Meriwether “believes that ‘God created human beings as either male or female,...