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Driver for 1961 Freedom Riders, Herbert Young, dies
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHerbert Young was 25 years old in 1961 when he made history busing Freedom Riders through Alabama’s capital city of […] The post Driver for 1961 Freedom...
Owner of Billie’s Pastries remembered for her impact in East St. Louis and beyond
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBillie Jean Miller touched many lives. Friends and family tell stories of her passion for helping...
Mack Workman, SC Friendship Nine civil rights legend, dies. ‘They changed the world.’
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMack Workman, an African-American teen in Rock Hill in the 1960s who went to jail protesting civil...
Bill Russell, Boston Celtics legend and civil rights pioneer, dies at 88
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports...
Biden marks MLK Day at King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church: ‘Progress is never easy’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the civil rights leader’s historic...