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The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled
WFMJ Youngstown· 37 minutes agoBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press
Why You Need to Spend Juneteenth in the Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement
Thrillist Food & Drink· 4 days agoAs the site of some of the most significant moments of the Civil Rights Movement, you’d be remiss...
Civil rights leader, Mississippi native Medgar Evers posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of...
The Vicksburg Post· 2 days 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 ...
Documentary tells little-known story of Japanese-Canadian civil rights photographer
CBC via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoA new documentary looking at the life of Japanese-Canadian photographer and civil rights activist...
The anti-Israel agitators were actually outsiders – and the schools could not have handled it worse
New York Post· 5 hours agoFor many Americans, the words “outside agitators” evoke memories of southern segregationists...
Civil rights icon John Lewis subject of new biography
Rolling Out· 1 day agoLegendary Civil Rights activist and long-time Georgia Representative John Lewis will be the subject...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoCinco de Mayo isn’t a really popular holiday in Mexico, believe it or not. But since the 1960s, it’s become widely celebrated in the United States due to a civil rights < ...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfterward, he vowed he would never be defeated again and that he would keep fighting by joining...
Gaza, Student Protest, and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOver the past week, hundreds of college students calling […] The post Gaza, Student Protest, and the...
Opinion | The Columbia Protests Made the Same Mistake the Civil Rights Movement Did
New York Times· 1 day agoAfter students occupied the university’s storied Hamilton Hall — and police officers in riot gear conducted over 100 arrests — the administration closed the campus, moved all classes online ...