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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· 4 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 ...
Gaza protests threaten to upend Democratic convention in Chicago amid growing criticism of Biden
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNEW YORK — The pro-Palestinian protests roiling Columbia University and college campuses nationwide...
Restoration aims to restore luster of decaying 1964 World's Fair pavilion
Newsday· 3 days agoThe guests included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family, the ground having been broken by...
‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Seder is a Passover celebration and ceremony that commemorates the story of Exodus - Moses...
'Why Are You Not Helping?': Fox News' Shannon Bream Urges Biden to Send National Guard to Quash...
RadarOnline.com· 3 days agoFox News host Shannon Bream urges President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to quell...
Dear America, it’s time to fulfill the promises of the Fair Housing Act
theGrio· 21 hours agoPresident Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law on April 11, 1968, just one week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther& ...
Blow: The ghost of the 1968 antiwar movement has returned
San Jose Mercury News· 4 hours agoAt the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with...
Growing campus unrest sparks Democratic fears over Chicago convention
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIntense clashes between anti-war protesters and police on college campuses is spreading alarm among...
Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston’s first Black woman TV reporter, honored at funeral service - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 3 days ago“Sarah-Ann was in love with this city,” said the Rev. Liz Walker, a retired WBZ news anchor who...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 days agoWilliam Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who...