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Montgomery celebrates MLK's legacy honoring four local leaders
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's Note: This article has been updated to correct the date that Martin Luther King, Jr....
NEH program in Selma, Alabama on civil rights movement was life-changing, attendee says
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis summer, I had the privilege of being chosen to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities...
The interstate destroyed his neighborhood. Now he's in charge of rebuilding.
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDesmond Wilson was too young to remember sitting on his sister’s lap and watching...
She witnessed Bloody Sunday in person. 58 years later, she’ll go back again.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. — On March 7, 1965, Sheyann Webb, a 9-year-old Black girl from Selma, Ala., sat in her bedroom, chest heaving, face streaked with tears, her throat still burning from tear gas ...
Opinion: We need King's message as much today as in 1965: 'How long? Not long'
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs a 10-year-old in 1978, I was terrified to demonstrate with my parents in New York. King's...
The Supreme Court May Soon Gut What’s Left Of The Voting Rights Act
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlabama Republicans' argument for a race-blind approach to redistricting could lead to the "biggest...
Trails into the past: The pathways of African American history stretch across the US
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United States is crisscrossed by historical trails, both physical and virtual, that follow the...
Educators are using TikTok to teach history you might not learn in school
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoScholars and teachers are increasingly using TikTok to share history that’s seldom found in...
If seeking help is a crime, HB24 will make us all criminals
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen a person holds a sign reading "Homeless and Hungry" or "Homeless Veteran, Anything Will Help,"...
Supreme Court to hear Alabama voting rights case that could impact Black voters everywhere
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Supreme Court today will hear a case that could upend voting rights and dilute the power of...