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Activist's fight against segregation evolved into political action to push for voting rights
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNorman Hill was at the AFL-CIO office in Washington, D.C., in August 1965, and recalls cheering when...
60 years ago in Baltimore, a child's carousel ride marked the end of a civil rights journey
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn the photo, Sharon Langley is an infant girl of 11 months, dressed all in white atop a carousel...
Godfather of Chicano Murals was also an activist, novelist, artist, Teatro Campesino member
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAntonio Bernal was more than “the first Chicano muralist.” Sure, his iconic 1968 mural of farmworker...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York....
The Ambitions of the Civil Rights Movement Went Far Beyond Affirmative Action
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. (fourth from left), A. Philip Randolph (second from right), and other civil...
On July 4th, celebrate the legacy of John Lewis and the Freedom Riders
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, fam! A happy Independence Day weekend to you all! This holiday, which acknowledges our...
5 Things To Know About The Amazing Life Of Bernard Shaw, CNN's First Anchor
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBernard Shaw, a trailblazing Black journalist and longtime news anchor, passed away Wednesday after...
Tallahassee NAACP's annual breakfast: Honoring MLK and the young dreamers
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSkyy Proud, a fourth-grade student at Pineview Elementary School, captivated a crowd of over 300...
60 years ago, Columbus, Westerville residents marched for still elusive freedoms| Jeffries
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJudson L. Jeffries is professor of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University and...
When is MLK Day 2024? What Dr. King is known for and how to honor his civil rights legacy
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMartin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist. Born on Jan. 15, 1929, King led...