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Mass arrests in Kenya as angry citizens protest against tax hikes - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 2 hours agoCivil society groups said that at least 283 people have been arrested since Tuesday as protests flared over the proposed hikes. The government faced backlash ...
60 years since acid poured into pool filled with Civil Rights activists in St. Augustine
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 19 hours agoTuesday marks 60 years since the hotel manager of Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine poured acid in...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoContrary to this prediction, however, the celebration of the King holiday soon lost its political edge. Only a year after the first celebration of the...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe protest on Jan. 31, 1961 involved the Friendship Nine sitting down at the McCrory’s lunch...
Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 13 hours agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in...
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 19 hours agoWallace stands in front of a schoolhouse door...June 11: President John F. Kennedy makes a historic ...
New Louisiana law seeks crackdown on civil disobedience in campus protests
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSenate Bill 294 by Sen. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, was billed as a pro-free speech proposal....
The Rev James Lawson, Martin Luther King’s right-hand man in the Civil Rights struggle – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Rev James Lawson, who has died aged 95, was a civil rights activist who stood alongside Martin...
Why Biden's protest problem has reached deep-blue California and why it matters
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFormer President Trump was once greeted in California with street protests. Now his visits generate...
