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'The American mind is not all that small, and it welcomes all ideas.'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoRobert J. Booker, Knoxville’s most revered African American historian, an Austin High School...
MLK Day: 5 women who played a vital role in the civil rights movement
MAKERS via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs we celebrate MLK Day and extraordinary accomplishments of the civil rights leader, MAKERS is...
JCSU alumni describe impact of their lunch counter sit-ins in Charlotte
WSOC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFor many Black Americans, the sit-in movement helped usher in a new sense of pride during the Civil...
14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you may not recognize
WGNO via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn mainstream accounts of the Civil Rights Movement, names like King, Parks, and Du Bois headline...
'I was considered less than' Black 81-year-old remembers 1960 DeLand lunch counter sit-in
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDELAND — When Joyce Cusack was growing up in west Volusia County, Black and white babies were born...
Remodeled downtown park to tell the story of Wichita sit-in, which sparked a movement
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 1 year agoThe city has committed $1 million and plans to work with the NAACP to tell the story of the first...
The suppressed history of the civil rights movement that could help defeat Donald Trump
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoClimate protesters interrupts Donald Trump rally CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images Across...
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...
Nashville man who broke civil rights movement plaque pleads guilty, faces sentencing
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTondrique Fitzgerald is set to be sentenced on Dec. 13 for vandalism and rioting charges after...
Lincoln Theatre performance to take audience on 'journey' through civil rights movement
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe civil rights movement has been immortalized in history books, which cover hallmarks such as the...