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The civil rights activist so close to Martin Luther King Jr. she was thought of as his ‘other wife’
Stamford Advocate· 11 hours agoThe most damaging is that King may have witnessed – and encouraged – a sexual assault at a Washington, D.C. hotel in January 1964. Garrow publishes content ...
Gene Herrick, AP photographer who covered the Korean War and civil rights, dies at 97
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 weeks agoIn 1956, Herrick photographed Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after refusing to move to the back of...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcom X, has died
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 4 days agoWilliam Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who...
Gene Herrick, photographer who snapped iconic shots of Rosa Parks, dead at 97
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 weeks agoHerrick’s longtime companion Kitty... 26, 1926. During his career, Herrick captured images of Rosa...
Martin Luther King III joins UVa faculty, pushes students to restore 'fibers of democracy'
The Daily Progress· 7 days agoSixty-one years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made a solo trip to Charlottesville. In his new...
Today in History: April 16, Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'
Houston Chronicle· 2 weeks agoOn April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist ...
The Rosa Parks Story Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Peacock
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoJulie Dash’s critically acclaimed biographical drama film, The Rosa Parks Story chronicles the...
History: James Baldwin’s civil rights and poetry in Palm Springs
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoTracy Conrad is president of the Palm Springs Historical Society. The Thanks for the Memories column...
Oberlin’s Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour uses poems, historical sites to honor civil rights history
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 3 days agoPark. The Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour is 2 to 4...
SCOTUS misses a chance to protect peaceful protesters
Reason.com· 1 week agoIn his last protest march, Martin Luther King Jr. led a parade of demonstrators down Beale Street in...