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Fight for civil rights is in the genes of ACLU of Florida’s new leader
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago“For me, this moment in history is a moment that demands a very loud, active, verbal response,” said...
Free weekend at Two Mississippi Museums to commemorate Freedom Summer
WJTV Jackson· 3 days agoJACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Higher Purpose Co. is sponsoring free admission to the Two Mississippi...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoJan. 19 is the anniversary of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general during the American Civil War....
It’s been 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education. The US is still trying to achieve the promise...
ABC 7 El Paso· 1 hour agoAs the nation commemorates the ruling’s 70th anniversary, civil rights leaders and advocates tell...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
EastIdahoNews.com· 2 days agoA statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her...
Frat Bros Screaming at Campus Protesters Is Something of an American Tradition. There’s a Reason for...
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn fact, a lot of these schools, and the Ivy Leagues, specifically, used to have quotas for Jewish...
South is reckoning with past by renaming, removing shrines to the past. What is next?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 1864, Congress asked the states to contribute two statues of prominent citizens for permanent...
Medgar Evers Deserves Presidential Medal Of Freedom Honor
The Post-Journal· 10 hours agoMedgar Evers truly served his country — first in the U.S. Army, serving in combat during World War II, then as a civil rights activist, leading demonstrations and organizing ...
Extraordinary Eads: 150th anniversary of the bridge that wowed the world
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 19 hours agoSt. Louisans may take the Eads Bridge for granted. The man who gave St. Louis its first bridge over...
Before ‘Brown,’ the U.S. Had 100 Black Boarding Schools. Now, There Are 4
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAbout 20 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, sits one of the last Black boarding schools in the...