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Justice Thurgood Marshall’s wife Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall dies at 94
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice...
How civil rights attorney Ben Crump came to represent George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Black...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBen Crump has helped the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery reach historic...
Everything you know about Brown v. Board of Education is wrong
theGrio via AOL· 3 weeks agoOPINION: After 70 years, enough time has passed to learn the unwhitewashed history of the Supreme...
Why the Court’s Civil Rights Hero Might Have Opposed Affirmative Action
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring a period of intense debate over affirmative action in 1987, Thurgood Marshall, the nation’s first Black Supreme Court justice, was called upon to defend one of his judicial heroes, John ...
Police search for suspect after 5 wounded in shooting at Morgan State University
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMorgan State University is urging students to stay away from Thurgood Marshall Hall amid an active...
Edgar L. Chase III, son of famed New Orleans restauranteurs, dies at 74
WGNO via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Edgar L. Dooky Chase III, the son of famed restaurant owners Dooky and Leah...
Trailblazing Austin Judge Harriet Murphy, friend of MLK and Thurgood Marshall, has died
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJudge Harriet Mitchell Murphy, the first Black woman permanently appointed to a judgeship in Texas,...
Celebrate Kwanzaa By Honoring These Meaningful Traditions
Good Housekeeping via Yahoo News· 5 months agoObserved annually between December 26 and January 1, Kwanzaa draws from several African harvest...
Ben Crump uses NAACP Image Awards speech to pledge fight for Black history in schools
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBen Crump's rousing acceptance speech at the 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards brought a star-studded...
What the hate crime verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery's death say about justice and race in America
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sentencing of three white Georgia men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery marks the conclusion...