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'Foundation of the bridge': Recalling 'Courageous Eight' who risked all to spearhead Selma marches
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 60 years ago, Black leaders organized three marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the...
Major financial boost will help Stillman College renovate historic building
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStillman College's quest to renovate century-year-old Winsborough Hall has received another major...
The antisemitic cartoon roiling Harvard? It's not the first time it caused a firestorm
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoKojo Acheampong, a Harvard student and member of the African and African American Resistance...
Civil rights activist visiting Columbia recalls other women who 'fought the good fight'
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter she helped organize the 1963 March on Washington from an office in Harlem, Joyce Ladner had...
Civil rights activist Bettie Mae Fikes, 'the voice of Selma,' recalls turbulent '60s with a song in...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPAXTON — Bettie Mae Fikes, a founding member of the Freedom Singers during the U.S. civil rights...
Bennie Thompson is poised to take center stage as Jan. 6 hearings start after 29 years in Congress
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRep. Bennie Thompson has served in Congress since 1993.Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Rep. Bennie Thompson...
The Quest for Racial Equality Has Always Been Different for Rural Americans
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA family of Black tenant farmers takes a break from working in the fields to watch Alabama Governor...
'Invaders' documentary showcases 'Black Panthers of Memphis'
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven years after its premiere at a New York film festival, "The Invaders" — a documentary about the...
MLK Day: 5 women who played a vital role in the civil rights movement
MAKERS via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs we celebrate MLK Day and extraordinary accomplishments of the civil rights leader, MAKERS is...
Unsung Detroit heroes: 2 Martin Luther King Jr. marches possible
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNearly 60 years ago, on Aug. 28, 1963, the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history was...