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Martin Luther King Jr.'s son blasts North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“You go down there, and you sit at the lunch counter, and you demand for these people to take your...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
Myrtle Beach Sun News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoHill lunch counter that was “whites only.” They were convicted of trespassing the next day and spent...
Rock Hill Friendship Nine member John Gaines dies
WJZY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFLORENCE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – John Gaines, a member of the heralded Friendship Nine group that was arrested after staging a sit-in at a whites-only...
We were Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle. Now, only two of us remain.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRev. Lawson trained the Nashville students and clergy who became leaders in the sit-in movement of...
Ad campaign features Black voters speaking out against NC’s Mark Robinson. Here’s why
Charlotte Observer· 3 days agoRobinson, who was elected the first Black lieutenant governor in 2020, suggested Martin Luther King...
Reggie Jackson Reveals Race Hell: ‘The N***er Can’t Eat Here’
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoHe sat down with Fox’s broadcast crew and delivered a powerful monologue about the ugly racism and...
'Empowering our people': How Arizona's only nonbinary legislator fights for all communities
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoFrom the faces of their great-grandmother and nana, both named Margarita, to their...
‘Lost cause’ of our nation’s brutal racism permeates society, distorting history along the way
Nevada Current via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPolicy, politics and progressive commentary Few images from the violent attacks on peacefully...
Daughter shares story of her father, Deputy Sheriff Fifield, during the Civil Rights era
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTeresa Thompson, the daughter of former Deputy Sheriff Everett Fifield, shares story of father's...
Community remembers costs as 60th anniversary of Civil Rights Act nears
The Weatherford Democrat· 7 days agoWhile it may seem like the distant past to younger generations, Hopkins said he and others remember...