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Rock Hill Friendship Nine member John Gaines dies
WJZY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFLORENCE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – John Gaines, a member of the heralded Friendship Nine group that was arrested after staging a sit-in at a whites-only...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThey were convicted of trespassing the next day and spent a month in jail rather than pay the $100...
Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The other America’
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEditor’s note: To commemorate Juneteenth, we share excerpts of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Stanford University in April 1967. We hear...
John Gaines, civil rights leader and member of Friendship Nine, has died
WSOC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGaines was one of the Friendship Nine, a group of college friends who were arrested during a sit-in...
2 sisters, a farmer and a dentist are among those honored with Freedom Trail markers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoWinona Jail Ten civil rights workers were on their way home from a conference in South Carolina,...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoUCLA historian Vinay Lal remembers speaking alongside the Rev. James Lawson during a panel...
‘Lost cause’ of our nation’s brutal racism permeates society, distorting history along the way
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFew images from the violent attacks on peacefully demonstrating teens from civil rights-era...
Opinion: James Lawson and the enduring lessons of nonviolence
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., who died last week, was a legendary hero of the civil rights movement; the...
Paul Pressler, longtime Southern Baptist leader who was accused of sexual abuse, dies
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoPaul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually...
This Weird Habit Is One of the Most Common Signs of Brain Cancer, According to Neurologists
Parade· 2 days agoAs scientists try to learn more about brain cancer, it's so important to tune into your body. When...