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1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRead CNN’s 1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts and learn about the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s stop in St. Augustine hastened passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMartin Luther King Jr. would have turned 94 on Jan. 15 as Jacksonville and the nation honors the...
Lady Bird Johnson’s Personal Audio Diaries Are Featured in a New Documentary
Biography via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLady Bird Johnson was the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson and first lady from 1963 to 1969. Read...
In 1964, a white, off-duty policeman killed a Black teenager in New York. That led to the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo black Army soldiers assist a white man who was involved in a scuffle that occurred during the...
Civil Rights Movement marks 60th year. Could another movement be at hand?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSixty years ago this year, America experienced the pivotal Civil Rights Movement of 1964. Could...
Malcolm X would have loved Tom Horne's take on critical race theory
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMalcolm X would love Tom Horne. Let’s flash back to September 1964: A brash Olympics gold-medal...
58 years after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, protecting the Black vote remains a struggle
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoOPINION: New laws in GOP-controlled states have added new barriers to the ballot box for Black...
These are the top 25 US presidents, according to historians and biographers (and why you won't find...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPast US presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Bill...
MLK Day 2024: How did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a federal holiday? What to know
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMartin Luther King Jr. may now be a nationally revered Civil Rights icon whose legacy is celebrated...