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Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...
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...
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 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 movement called the Chicano ...
Opinion | The Columbia Protests Made the Same Mistake the Civil Rights Movement Did
New York Times· 1 day agoLast week I wrote about the protests that had come to dominate my professional home, Columbia University, and make headlines across the country. After students occupied the university’s storied ...
Documentary tells little-known story of Japanese-Canadian civil rights photographer
CBC via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoA new documentary looking at the life of Japanese-Canadian photographer and civil rights activist...
Star Parker: No, demonstrations today not like the 1960s
The Bismarck Tribune· 21 hours agoThe current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s. The unrest of the 1960s was defined by the war in Vietnam and by ...
A 65-Year-Old Professor Describes Being Manhandled By Cops At Campus Protest
HuffPost· 1 day agoDartmouth College history professor Annelise Orleck went viral Thursday following her arrest the...
Guest columnist: Facebook page offers way for teachers to share learning opportunities
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe Scholarships, Grants, Summer Institutes and Opportunities for Teachers Facebook page, of which I...
Gaza, Student Protest, and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLooking at the images might make you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time. Late on Tuesday, New...
‘Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.’ Trailer Shows How Label Thrived at Beginning of Civil Rights Movement
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA new docuseries, Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., will look at the radical history of the groundbreaking...