Search results
Community marches to remember Clara Luper and the OKC sit-in movement's 65th anniversary
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThere were jokes about having to get up so early on the weekend as dozens gathered to celebrate the...
'The American mind is not all that small, and it welcomes all ideas.'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoRobert J. Booker, Knoxville’s most revered African American historian, an Austin High School...
Opinion: Four young men in Greensboro started the sit-in movement
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was to be an early day, so I stopped by the local Dunkin Donuts to get some hot chocolate. The...
65 years after OKC's sit-in, Clara Luper's 'radical love' still reverberates today
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSixty-five years ago, an Oklahoma City teacher walked with 13 of her students and own children into...
JCSU alumni describe impact of their lunch counter sit-ins in Charlotte
WSOC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFor many Black Americans, the sit-in movement helped usher in a new sense of pride during the Civil...
Still standing: The legacy and history of an Oklahoma Rosenwald school
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOklahoma history and the history of Black Americans has been inextricably linked by a number of...
Robert Booker, one of Knoxville’s leading Black voices and a civil rights luminary, dies at 88
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRobert J. Booker, Knoxville’s most revered African American historian, an Austin High School...
Kanye West's antisemitic comments at odds with his Oklahoma family's civil rights legacy
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe fallout from rapper Ye's recent antisemitic rhetoric has continued and this time repudiation of the superstar's controversial comments hit closer to home ― as in Oklahoma City, where he ...
Following the Cats to North Carolina Friday? Where to park, stay and visit in Greensboro
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoThere’s plenty to see in Greensboro, N.C., this weekend if you’re among the University of Kentucky...
OKC Philharmonic, Jabee Williams kick off tour at OKC church home of Clara Luper
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA local rapper and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic have teamed up to perform at several churches in...