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Black history celebrated at city hall, remembering key events
The Jackson Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe city of Jackson’s commemoration of black culture in the month of February was kicked off on...
Jackson civil rights leader Shirlene Mercer to be remembered at Wednesday service
The Jackson Sun via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs Jacksonians continue to mourn the recent death of civil rights trailblazer Shirlene Ross Mercer,...
Living Stones sculpture unveiled, city honors accomplishments of Black Jacksonians
The Jackson Sun via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSlabs of stones and circles of steel compose the new "Living Stones sculpture" as Shirlene Mercer...
How the Greensboro Four Sat Down and Changed the World
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1960, four Black students sat at a “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The...
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland recalls 1963 sit-in protest
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDespite the hardships she faced stemming from her commitment to social justice work throughout the...
Legacy of civil rights trailblazer Shirlene Mercer honored at funeral service
The Jackson Sun via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJackson native Shirlene Mercer, trailblazer and civil rights leader, was honored in a memorial...
Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHollis Watkins, who started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his native Mississippi...
Asheville Citizen Times to relocate from downtown building after 85 years; paper continues
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoASHEVILLE - The city has that distinctive skyline, backlit by the Blue Ridge Mountains and dipped in...
‘Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!’: Memories from the crowd at MLK’s March on Washington
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIt's 1963, and 15-year-old Clayola Brown just heard the news on the car radio in Philadelphia: There...
Local resident says King 'very special,' reinforced her activism
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 14—Arlena Jackson was a young activist driving in Seattle when she heard the news on her car radio that the Rev. Martin Luther King had been assassinated. She had to pull over. She found ...