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Why You Need to Spend Juneteenth in the Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement
Thrillist Food & Drink· 3 days agoLandmarks like the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr....
A 65-Year-Old Professor Describes Being Manhandled By Cops At Campus Protest
HuffPost· 15 hours agoDartmouth College history professor Annelise Orleck went viral Thursday following her arrest the...
Star Parker: No, demonstrations today not like the 1960s
The Bismarck Tribune· 5 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 ...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: What is Cinco de Mayo, when it is this year and why the US celebrates
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoCinco de Mayo literally means “the fifth of May” in Spanish, and it lands on Sunday in 2024. It’s not just a day to party, though. It commemorates a significant time in history</ ...
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 of Cinco de Mayo began ...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago“Daddy!” Reena yelled. “Please get up, Daddy.” He never did. “He had the courage to hold an...
A visual history of campus protests in the US
Stacker via AOL· 14 hours agoHoward Ruffner // Getty Images The current wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses has thrust the long history of student activism in the...
‘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...
Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 activists, athletes, politicians and others
Los Angeles Times· 10 hours agoPresident Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people Friday, including civil...
President Joe Biden Proclaims Thursday, May 2, 2024, as a National Day of Prayer
Sierra Sun Times· 2 days agoFor centuries, Americans of every religion and background have come together to lift up one another...
