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17-Year-Old Chicago Girl Graduates with Doctoral Degree: ‘The World Is My Oyster’
People via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDorothy Jean Tillman A 17-year-old from Chicago has graduated from university after achieving an...
New curriculum on desegregation teaches elementary students the legacy of the ‘Memphis 13’
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThe goal is for students and teachers to develop an understanding of Memphis’ role in American...
Houston pastor, civil rights leader, 95, dies | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 5 days agoThe Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil- rights leader who helped desegregate...
Chicago teen earns doctoral degree at age 17
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHer mother, Jimalita Tillman, was surprised. They were in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. And Dorothy was a year into launching a science,...
New exhibit shows impact of Civil Rights movement on Bob Dylan's art
Tulsa World· 2 days agoIn January of 1961, just days after John F. Kennedy was sworn in as president, a 19-year-old...
How the Memphis Parks Department honors Civil Rights Movement at MLK Reflection Park
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe rededicated space features photos from the Ernest Withers Collection, three podiums with...
Rural S.C. Lowcountry counties played key, but little-known role in Civil Rights history
Bluffton Today· 1 day agoWhen we think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, most may recall events at historical...
The Iconic Memphis Label Behind Music’s Most Soulful Stars
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHoward L. Bingham“We were flying by the seat of our pants,” Stax legend William Bell recently...
Everything you know about Brown v. Board of Education is wrong
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoFuture Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall argued the case on behalf of the plaintiffs as part...
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 70 years later: We're still failing children
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis is a year of celebration. Seventy years ago this May the Supreme Court outlawed racial...
