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The civil rights activist so close to Martin Luther King Jr. she was thought of as his ‘other wife’
Stamford Advocate· 3 days agoThe most damaging is that King may have witnessed – and encouraged – a sexual assault at a Washington, D.C. hotel in January 1964. Garrow publishes content from FBI files ...
CT man was expelled from high school 50 years ago. Why he wants his diploma and to set record...
Hartford Courant· 6 days agoNearly 60 years ago, Gerald “Mike” Fothergill walked out of high school in response to the ...
Columbia’s 1968 protests were also marked by arrests
Washington Post· 7 days agoAt first, the protest at Columbia University had a “carnivalesque quality,” with a student band playing music and balloons floating about as the...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoWilliam Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who...
What an Average Home Cost in the Year You Were Born
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoThe cost of buying a new home fluctuates from year to year. To get a feel for the background environment of long-term housing trends in the United...
Experts Say This is The #1 Worst Year in Human History
Cheapism via AOL· 3 days agoWhile the years of the pandemic have been difficult for many, there are other years that compete for...
Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
Quad-City Times· 7 days agoThe closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black...
At a time of deep divisions, American Jews will celebrate Passover in multiple tones
Religion News Service· 7 days agoThe ritual meal, celebrated tonight (April 22) at sundown with readings recounting the story of the...
Gaza protests threaten to upend Democratic convention in Chicago amid growing criticism of Biden
New York Daily News· 2 days agoThe pro-Palestinian protests roiling Columbia University and college campuses nationwide have...