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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...
Martin Luther King III joins UVa faculty, pushes students to restore 'fibers of democracy'
The Daily Progress· 6 days agoSixty-one years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made a solo trip to Charlottesville. In his new...
Gene Herrick, photographer who snapped iconic shots of Rosa Parks, dead at 97
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 weeks agoHerrick’s longtime companion ... 26, 1926. During his career, Herrick captured images of Rosa Parks,...
Today in History: April 16, Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'
The Eagle-Tribune· 1 week agoIn 1889, comedian and movie director Charles Chaplin was born in London...
History: James Baldwin’s civil rights and poetry in Palm Springs
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe Thanks for the Memories column appears Sundays in The Desert Sun. Write to her at...
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...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
theGrio· 3 days agoWilliam Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who...
Oberlin’s Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour uses poems, historical sites to honor civil rights history
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 2 days agoPark. The Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour is 2 to...
William F. Pepper, 86, Dies; Claimed the Government Killed Dr. King
New York Times· 7 days agoDr. Martin Luther Jr. was killed not by a lone gunman but by a vast government plot, a controversial...