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Spike Lee among National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award honorees
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLee is no stranger to Memphis. In 2010 and 2016, he gave talks at the University of Memphis. And in...
Editor’s Note | Tulsa and the Importance of Remembering the Past
Mississippi Free Press· 7 hours agoTULSA, Okla.—A group of white men were laughing together over beers outside a sports bar in the...
Traveling exhibit details life of Andrew Young, diplomat, civil rights icon
Associated Press· 3 days agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr., go on display next week at the University of Mississippi. The public can...
Harriette Gillem Robinet, scientist, civil rights activist and lauded children's author, dies at 92
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoAfter a successful career as a microbiologist, Harriette Gillem Robinet of Oak Park became a widely...
Freedom Summer is remembered 60 years later. Some hope a younger generation is listening
Hattiesburg American via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFunchess said it's important to remember the sacrifices and the rewards of those who fought for...
World Premiere Of Civil Rights Opera IS THIS AMERICA? Presented In Boston This September
Broadway World· 7 days agoCelebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera, activist performing arts company White...
Mississippi marks 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer
WJTV Jackson· 3 days agoJACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – This year marks the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer in Mississippi. In 1964, the goal of Freedom Summer was to register as...
On This Day, June 21: Typhoon Fengshen kills 1,400 in Philippines
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOn June 21, 2008, nearly 1,400 people, most of them on a ferry that capsized, were killed in the...
Freedom Summer: 60 years since the iconic movement
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 5 days agoAnyone over 18 in Mississippi can register to vote, and as long as they have a valid ID, they can head to the voting precinct on election day and cast their vote. When they ...
Racist slurs and death threats: The dangerous life of a Georgia elections official
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThis story originally appeared on Stateline. Editor’s note: This story contains profanities and...