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Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoPlessy took his case all the way to the Supreme court in 1896. In a seven to one vote, “separate but...
MLB’s tribute to Negro leagues with game at Rickwood Field will have a somber undertone in wake of...
The Boston Globe· 4 hours agoNow, the big leagues are coming to Birmingham. Rickwood Field, the oldest professional ballpark in...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
Myrtle Beach Sun News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHill lunch counter that was “whites only.” They were convicted of trespassing the next day and spent...
JD Supra: Trailblazers, OutKasts, and Iconic Brands: The INTA Annual Meeting in Atlanta
JD Supra· 3 hours ago1. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park: Located in the historic Sweet Auburn district, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park commemorates Dr. Martin ...
Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee holds annual Walk for Freedom in Dallas
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 10 hours agoThe walk commemorates the federal holiday that Lee helped make happen. The mileage represents the...
How Nashville's Southern Student Organizing Committee was inspired to broaden Civil Rights Movement
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoLeaders in the Civil Rights Movement at the time thought white students might be able to recruit more members if they reached out to ...
We were Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle. Now, only two of us remain.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRev. Lawson trained the Nashville students and clergy who became leaders in the sit-in movement of...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoI have studied Lawson for more than 20 years, and I argue that he was among the most important...
David Oyelowo’s Long Obsession with the Real-Life Bass Reeves Finally Yielded a Groundbreaking...
indieWIRE· 2 hours agoDavid Oyelowo's Western Series Lawman: Bass Reeves Interview