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Rev. Bill Lawson, champion of civil rights, human rights and spiritual rights, has died at 95
KHOU 11 Houston· 4 hours agoBaptist Church touched the lives of countless Houstonians in so many ways dating back to the Civil...
Where does NAACP request to feds to investigate death of Frank Tyson stand? | What we know
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoTyson. The 53-year-old Black man died April 18 in the custody of Canton police, with his death...
Rev. William Lawson, Houston civil rights leader and Third Ward church pastor, dies at 95 | Houston...
Houston Public Media· 2 hours agoAlong with serving as a spiritual guide in a predominantly Black neighborhood south of downtown,...
Crystal Welch, MFP Board Vice President, Killed in Triple Homicide
Mississippi Free Press· 18 hours agoMississippi Free Press Board of Directors Vice President Crystal Lynn Welch, a 42-year-old...
Teen run over by Chicago police car during 2020 George Floyd protests to get $525,000 settlement
CBS News· 5 days agoA teenager who was run over by a Chicago police vehicle during the protests of George Floyd's murder...
Civil rights icon William A. Lawson, 95, to be laid to rest at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
CW39 NewsFix· 58 minutes agoHOUSTON (KIAH) – Reverend William A. Lawson, founding pastor of Houston’s Wheeler Avenue Baptist...
Tributes from Air Force unit grow by door where Roger Fortson was shot by deputy
Tampa Bay Times· 21 hours agoAt the apartment door where a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson, a small...
A Virginia School Board Votes To Restore The Names Of Confederate Leaders At Two Schools | Essence
Essence· 17 hours agoThe Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia has decided to restore the names of Confederate generals Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Turner Ashby to two local schools. This ...
Today in History: May 25, police kill George Floyd
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoToday is Thursday, May 25, the 146th day of 2024. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed ...
Trump judge wants Michael Cohen to stop talking until he testifies | The Excerpt
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA Virginia school district may be the first in the nation to rename two local schools after Confederate leaders – four years after the 2020 murder of George Floyd ...