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VCU shoots down racial literacy requirement
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 21 hours agoHad the mandate been enacted, students would have to take one course on race out of a list of 12 as part of their general education requirements.
SFR Wins Seven Awards in SPJ’s Top of the Rockies Competition
Santa Fe Reporter· 6 days agoSFR food, opera, crime and health stories all received awards in this year’s Society for Professional Journalists’ Top of the Rockies Competition, administered by SPJ’s Colorado chapter and ...
Fraternity Boots Bro Who Made Monkey Noises at Black Ole Miss Protester
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe student, James “JP” Staples, was identified on Instagram by the NAACP.“Phi Delta Theta General...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates honored with statue at US Capitol
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was...
How Medgar Evers shaped Amos Brown
The San Francisco Examiner· 4 days agoAmos Brown considers Medgar Evers his mentor, the catalyst for a life devoted to the civil rights movement. After all, Evers was the reason Brown, at 15...
The City's 'Economic Development Week' kicks off this week. See what's planned
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoEvers was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. In 1963, he was shot in the back by...
Hiking alone in L.A.? Here's what to know and where to go
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoCurrently, that voice belongs to Laura Randall, a veteran journalist who has written extensively...
Arkansas, national leaders unveil Daisy Bates statue at U.S. Capitol | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 2 days agoCivil-rights leader Daisy Bates joined a short list of Americans honored at the U.S. Capitol as...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at U.S. Capitol
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoWhen Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues representing the state at the...
After Her Death, Scientists Made This Woman Immortal. But She Never Agreed to That.
Popular Mechanics· 4 days agoJust days later, submissions closed for the Henrietta Lacks Hometown Initiative’s contest to design...
