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Clarence B. Jones, Opal Lee, Medgar Evers among 19 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
theGrio· 4 hours agoClarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and...
Don’t Forget the Backlash to the ’60s
Politico· 1 day agoA 1963 Gallup poll found that shortly before Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, only 27 percent of people ...
Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and others
The News-Times· 6 hours agoClarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and...
Winners and Losers of the Columbia Protests? History Will Tell.
New York Times· 2 hours agoActivism often lands on the right side of history. Ginia Bellafante writes the Big City column, a...
Biden to Honor Prominent Democrats With Presidential Medal of Freedom
New York Times· 5 hours agoSix months before the election, the president selected a list of awardees heavy with political...
Helena Hicks, civil rights crusader, dies at 88
The Baltimore Banner· 6 days agoLynne Wilson was about 12 years old when she began to understand her mother’s determination. In 1963, her father attempted to stop her mother from going...
Historians Look Back at Life and Career of Civil Rights Activist and Representative John Lewis in...
People via Yahoo News· 20 hours ago'John Lewis: A Life' will look back on the late politician's career, from becoming a symbol of...