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NEH program in Selma, Alabama on civil rights movement was life-changing, attendee says
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis summer, I had the privilege of being chosen to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities...
Eighth of August: Civil rights activist who took part in 1965 Selma march will be at Jubilee
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis year’s Eighth of August Jubilee brings a giant of the Civil Rights Movement to Knoxville....
Bloody Sunday: In Selma, Harris links rights movement with bodily autonomy
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSpeaking in Selma, Alabama, on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris...
Selma, Alabama Church Known For Voting Rights Movement Lands On Endangered Places List
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLike many Black churches around the country, the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama,...
'This is our history:' African American churches, museums and landmarks work to preserve Black...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – Termites had destroyed beams at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama,...
In Selma, Biden presses for voting rights on 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSELMA, Alabama (Reuters) -President Joe Biden pressed for the passage of measures to strengthen U.S....
Fact Check: Martin Luther King Jr. on Refusing To Be Silent About Things That Matter
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Claim: Martin Luther King Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent...
Civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette to help launch Fisk-Belmont social justice initiative. What to...
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLongtime civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette is set to speak Thursday in Nashville at the launch...
VP Harris calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWin McNamee/Getty Images While speaking in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — the day Alabama law officers attacked...
'Immense scale of suffering' in Gaza demands temporary cease-fire, Vice President Harris says
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoVice President Kamala Harris spoke on Sunday afternoon in Selma, Alabama, to mark the upcoming 59th...