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60 years since acid poured into pool filled with Civil Rights activists in St. Augustine
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 11 hours agoTuesday marks 60 years since the hotel manager of Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine poured acid in...
North Jersey activist dedicated to fighting Islamophobia pens guide to women's rights
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThen I came to the realization that this has been God's plan all along. You know that we are...
James Lawson Led the Faith-Based Struggle Against Plantation Capitalism
The Nation· 39 minutes agoLawson had known Lewis for 60 years and instructed the young civil rights activist in the tactics of...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 19 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St....
Civil rights icon Opal Lee gets the keys to a home 85 years in the making in Fort Worth
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 5 days agoIn Fort Worth, a civil rights icon is finally coming home. Dr. Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of...
World Premiere Of Civil Rights Opera IS THIS AMERICA? Presented In Boston This September
Broadway World· 1 day agoCelebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera, activist performing arts company White...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 15 hours agoHarry Belafonte, folk singer and civil rights activist, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure in his home in Manhattan at 96 years old. Not only was ...
75 Angela Davis Quotes That Reflect Her Commitment to Equality & Justice
Parade via AOL· 23 hours ago"Movements are most powerful when they begin to affect the vision and perspective of those who do...
Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards
WSB Radio· 6 days agoLONDON — (AP) — Author-activist Naomi Klein won the inaugural Women's Prize for Nonfiction on Thursday with "Doppelganger.... Ganeshananthan for her novel “Brotherless Night ...