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58 years after Selma, Alabama resentenced a young man to 30 years for a murder he didn’t commit
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOPINION: LaKeith Smith was 15 years old when police shot and killed his friend during a botched...
Black leaders reflect on John Lewis, racial equality ahead of Biden’s Bloody Sunday speech
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs President Joe Biden prepares to travel to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of...
Selma Blair's Brave Battle With Multiple Sclerosis and the Surprising Ways It Has Changed Her
E! News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSelma Blair might have—quite literally—waltzed her way out of the Dancing With the Stars ballroom....
Ruth E. Carter makes history as the first Black woman to win two Oscars
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRuth Carter Accomplished Hollywood costume designer Ruth E. Carter has become the first Black woman...
From Attorney to Activist: Craig Emanuel Talks ‘Worthwhile Endeavor’ to Bridge Cultural Divides
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGrowing up in Australia, civil rights in the U.S. were not part of Craig Emanuel’s school...
40 Actors Who Have Never Been Nominated For An Oscar But Deserve To Be
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn Academy Awards voter’s mission of sifting through a field of over 300 movies is more daunting...
Meet Georgia Gilmore, the cook turned activist who fueled the Montgomery Bus Boycott with her...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGeorgia Gilmore.Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group/Photo by...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day should unite Blacks and Jews
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoEditor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read...
100-year-old fought in WWII then fought for civil rights in Montgomery
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMontgomery resident W.J. Williams was 31 when Rosa Parks was arrested and local pastor Martin Luther...
The bizarre, fight-filled saga of the Plantation home that became a massive Christmas display
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSelma Mikula says she put behind her the nightmare of having her identity stolen long ago, an...