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'The American mind is not all that small, and it welcomes all ideas.'
Gannett via AOL· 17 hours agoWhile there, he was jailed during protests, led the sit-in movement to integrate lunch counters and...
Teaneck civil rights activist Lacey receives award from Museum of the City of New York
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe award celebrates the lives of women with decades of social activism who have enabled "real and...
Gerald Ensley: Two dimes on a city bus brought cultural upheaval
Tallahassee Democrat· 6 hours agoFifty years ago Friday, two college students refused to sit in the back of a Tallahassee bus. As...
Rural S.C. Lowcountry counties played key, but little-known rolein Civil Rights history
Bluffton Today· 5 days agoWhen we think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, most may recall events at historical...
After months of little movement, state Education Board votes on 17 teacher licensing actions
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThe Oklahoma State Board of Education took action Thursday on 17 licensing actions, more than the...
Minneapolis politics post-George Floyd: Four years later, what's changed?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoO’Hara oversaw the Newark Police Department’s consent decree, similar to Minneapolis', to hold its...
The Real Story of the Glamorous Prosecutor Who Took on Police Violence—and Then Seemed to Implode
Slate via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“I honestly believe that I’m following my passion, which has always been to reform the criminal...
Retro Louisville: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visits Louisville
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoOn Thursday, March 30, 1967, King spoke to law students at the University of Louisville, then later...
TSU professor honors Rev. William Lawson, civil rights leader who inspired others through...
CW39 NewsFix· 2 days agoOn Thursday, the Celebration of Life begins for Reverand William “Bill” Lawson, a civil rights giant...
Day of remembrance honors George Floyd nearly four years after his killing
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 19 hours agoNearly four years after the police killing of George Floyd, civil rights advocate Leslie Redmond...