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Impact of King, civil rights movement, discussed at King Celebration event in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHow the life and legacy of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement...
65 years after OKC's sit-in, Clara Luper's 'radical love' still reverberates today
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSixty-five years ago, an Oklahoma City teacher walked with 13 of her students and own children into...
Fred Gray, the 'chief counsel for the protest movement,' to get Medal of Freedom for his civil...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., left, and attorney Fred Gray, whom King called 'the...
Remodeled downtown park to tell the story of Wichita sit-in, which sparked a movement
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 2 years agoThe city has committed $1 million and plans to work with the NAACP to tell the story of the first...
Reverend James Lawson, civil rights activist and nonviolent protest pioneer dies at 95
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. — James Lawson, the man who inspired a generation of nonviolent activists in the...
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· 4 months agoRobert J. Booker, Knoxville’s most revered African American historian, an Austin High School...
JCSU alumni describe impact of their lunch counter sit-ins in Charlotte
WSOC via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFor many Black Americans, the sit-in movement helped usher in a new sense of pride during the Civil...
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...
Designers hope future Clara Luper Civil Rights Center a 'conduit for keeping stories alive'
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen project leaders invited Oklahoma City residents to share their thoughts on the construction of...
US has long history of college protests: Here's what happened in the past
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPro-Palestinian demonstrators have taken over parts of college campuses across the U.S., the latest...