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Vigil to commemorate Feb. 11 sit-in
The High Point Enterprise, N.C. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 7—HIIGH POINT — A local organization has teamed up with the United Way of Greater High Point to host a prayer vigil this weekend honoring a historic civil rights protest. The High Point-based ...
Clues emerge in assassination of Black Florida deputy 150 years ago
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHistorians now know a significant sit-in, regarded as the beginning of Tampa’s civil rights...
Lincoln Theatre performance to take audience on 'journey' through civil rights movement
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe civil rights movement has been immortalized in history books, which cover hallmarks such as the...
'We Could Not Be Silent' exhibit: Documenting an important part of St. Augustine history
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWe Could Not Be Silent The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929....
Entrance to The Balcony, Winter Colony estate owned by Thomas Ravenel, damaged in accident
Aiken Standard, S.C. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 10—A gated entrance to a prominent Whiskey Road home was damaged Sunday afternoon — again. The accident occurred at The Balcony, a Winter Colony estate that is owned by Thomas Ravenel.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Revisited 'Part of this nation': Black WWII veterans central to country's...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 16—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Cleveland Floyd Jr. and Willie Palmore were among the more than 1 million Black Americans who served during World War II, risking their lives to defend a country that ...
150-year-old Tampa scroll points to where Black deputy was killed in 1874
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTAMPA — Little is known about Richard W. Roach, known as the first Hillsborough County deputy to die in the line of duty when he was assassinated outside his house. No photograph of Roach exists ...
Column: The crackdown on student protesters shows exactly why we need them
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs has happened throughout U.S. history, student demonstrations over Israel's war in Gaza are a...
Black History Month News coverage of race relations through the years shows shifts in reporting,...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 18—The Tribune-Democrat and its predecessors, The Johnstown Tribune and The Johnstown Democrat, have chronicled the history of race relations in the local area and across the United States ...
