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Remembrance event acknowledges three lynchings in Frederick County's past
The Frederick News-Post, Md. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 13—On Nov. 22, 1887, six men from a primarily masked mob of about 200 broke into the Frederick city jail, subdued and dragged John Biggus, 20, from his cell. The mob hanged him on a locust ...
Here's a fact sheet on police chokeholds and how they factor into the Michael Mattioli trial
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMichael Mattioli was an off-duty police officer when he put Joel Acevedo in a chokehold in April...
South Dakota State University students celebrate belated Martin Luther King Day, postponed by snow
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBROOKINGS − Students, staff and community members at South Dakota State University spent their President’s Day honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with its second annual rally and marade ...
Book excerpt: 'The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Fight for a Forgotten College Football Legacy'
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJonathan Gelber's book, "The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Fight for a Forgotten College Football Legacy" was released Sept. 27 by Triumph Books. Trice is a former Iowa State football player ...
What Conservatives Can Learn from MLK’s Economic Views
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMartin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd before the Lincoln...