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Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
The Day· 1 day agoHalf a century later, in the aftermath of the civil rights movement, White scholars began paying serious attention to the roles African Americans played in the conflict’s ...
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
The Hill via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoRep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoIn another era, he could have been a U.S. senator from Mississippi or maybe even President.” Evers...
No, Demonstrations Today Not Like the 1960s | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 3 days agoThe current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college...
President Joe Biden Proclaims Thursday, May 2, 2024, as a National Day of Prayer
Sierra Sun Times· 2 days agoThe right to practice our faiths freely and openly is enshrined in the Constitution and remains at...
UK honors Chicana Civil Rights-era photographer
Axios· 1 day agoA British college is exhibiting the works of a Mexican American photographer who captured some of the Civil Rights Movement's most critical moments. Why it matters: Maria ...
Slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers' work honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoEvers worked in the 1950s and 1960s work to end segregation in Mississippi and nationwide. He advocated for voting rights and equality for Black Americans until he was killed ...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGrab your notebook and your thinking brain, and enjoy this history lesson. What does the Chicano Movement have to do with Cinco de Mayo? The celebration...
A visual history of campus protests in the US
Stacker via AOL· 11 hours agoStacker curated a collection of photographs of student-led demonstrations from the last century to contextualize the history of protest movements on ...
Civil rights leader, Mississippi native Medgar Evers posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of...
The Vicksburg Post· 17 hours agoMississippi native and civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday. Evers, who was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan member outside his ...
