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'An advocate for us': Salem's long-time voice for racial equality Willie Richardson dies
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWillie Richardson, a champion for minority education and respected voice for racial equality in...
Northwest Passages: Timothy Egan details the true story of the woman who helped take down the KKK
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 5—Author Timothy Egan on Wednesday detailed a dark and oft-forgotten chapter of American history when an infamous hate group held power in American politics. Egan joined bestselling author ...
Mid-Valley history: Anti-Catholic legislation changed public education 100 years ago
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn the midst of back-to-school ads this past month came a news story about a new publicly funded...
Marquis de Lafayette writes a letter to Uticans: A look back this week in history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months ago1831, 193 years ago Lafayette letter The Marquis de Lafayette writes a letter to Uticans, thanking...
I investigated white supremacists for years. The rising hate in America now is alarming.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs a cop who for decades worked undercover in white-supremacist groups and in FBI task forces...
New book gives an insider's view of the 20-year power struggle between Oneida Nation and village of...
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoONEIDA - Rebecca Webster had just finished law school when she started working as an attorney for...
Eugene Rotary celebrates 100 years of service
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOver its first 100 years, the Rotary Club of Eugene existed through the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement and other pivotal...
The Biggest Game: New book chronicles Baker's 1972 state championship basketball game against...
Baker City Herald, Ore. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 19—Andrew Kaza always figured someone ought to make a movie about the most famous basketball game in Baker High School history. Then he realized nobody had even written a book. So Kaza ...
'Rednecks 4 Rainbows': Surge in small-town Pride events helps LGBTQ folks find home. Is it enough?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPULASKI, Tenn. – When this rural town’s fledgling Pride festival kicked off June 11, organizers...
Why do people hate people?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt can be easy to mistake feelings like fear and anger as hate. When biases are acted out in harmful ways, however, speaking up can help stop hate from...
