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William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcom X, has died
Associated Press· 18 hours agoWilliam Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who...
Family Action Network Movement to hold press conference condemning deportations to Haiti amid...
NBC Miami· 1 hour agoThe Family Action Network Movement (FANM) is holding a press conference in Miami on Tuesday to...
The European rights court rules Turkey's jailing of a UN judge after a coup attempt was unlawful
San Francisco Chronicle· 13 minutes agoA United Nations judge was unlawfully jailed when he was arrested in Turkey in the wake of a 2016 coup attempt despite holding diplomatic immunity, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday ...
The Unbearable Heat of Prisons in Summer
Time via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIt is common for white Americans (often raised on simplistic history texts) to think that injustices like this stopped in the 1960s, with the victories...
MAVIS STAPLES’ 85TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT REVIEW
SPIN via Yahoo News· 46 minutes ago“You ain’t gonna do it!” Mavis Staples was insistent, fired up, growling those words on stage at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA last Thursday, her...
Daniel Villarreal, New Civil Rights Movement
The Raw Story· 4 days agoThe Right Stuff, a conservative dating app funded by gay billionaire Peter Thiel, is showing signs of failure barely three months after its launch. In October, the app had ...
Columbia University protest: Calm inside, chaos outside as pro-Palestine encampment continues |...
amNewYork· 17 hours agoThe pro-Palestine encampment on the lawn of Columbia University was relatively calm on the afternoon...
Ben Jealous, leads on civil rights and environmental justice
Rolling Out· 15 hours agoThroughout his childhood, he enjoyed summers with his grandparents in West Baltimore, Maryland,...
Nashville honors civil rights leader Diane Nash
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDiane Nash, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, was honored Saturday in Nashville with the dedication of a public plaza and a gala at Meharry Medical...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
