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Freedom riders’ 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoLegendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a...
'No Kings But Us' explores music, history and civil rights from DJ Screw to John Lewis
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA cluster of figures — yellow line drawings etched on a black background — animate the massive...
Alabama civil rights preservation projects receive over $3.1M from National Park Service
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe National Park Service has awarded over $3.1 million in grants to six civil rights preservation...
Reverse Freedom Riders: Political pawns of the past mirror current Cape Cod migrant crisis
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHYANNIS — It was 2 a.m. in 1962 and Doloras DaLuz, 88, along with her late husband Joseph DaLuz,...
Honoring Florida’s civil rights leaders shouldn’t be a question. DeSantis, apparently, disagrees |...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhy hasn’t the DeSantis administration named anyone new to Florida’s Civil Rights Hall of Fame since...
Civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette to help launch Fisk-Belmont social justice initiative. What to...
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLongtime civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette is set to speak Thursday in Nashville at the launch...
Nashville civil rights veteran Diane Nash to be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDiane Nash was pivotal force of civil rights movement in Nashville, helping organize sit-ins and...
Civil rights giant Bernard Lafayette kicks off new Belmont-Fisk Social Justice Collaborative
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSleeping on the floor of the Birmingham bus station, the Rev. Bernard Lafayette Jr. was awakened...
Pensacola Beach awards gala honors Freedom Riders who took activism to the air
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Freedom Riders famously braved beatings, arrests and bombings in the 1960s to challenge the...
Civil rights icon Diane Nash honored at steps where she confronted mayor on segregation
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSixty-four years ago, Diane Nash asked a question and changed Nashville forever. On Saturday,...