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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· 1 day 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 ...
Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston’s first Black woman TV reporter, honored at funeral service - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 2 hours ago“Sarah-Ann was in love with this city,” said the Rev. Liz Walker, a retired WBZ news anchor who...
Restoration aims to restore luster of decaying 1964 World Fair pavilion
Newsday· 13 hours agoPark set a world record for an international exposition. The guests included the Rev. Martin Luther ...
The Uncommitted: Pa. primary is another litmus test for Biden’s handling of Gaza
WHYY· 5 days agoRecreation Center in North Philly after accepting the endorsement of the Kennedy family. Biden...
Democrats fear chaos of 1968 convention as they prepare to renominate Joe Biden in Chicago
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoParty had already been traumatized politically in 1968. President Lyndon Johnson, burdened by Vietnam, withdrew from the race in March. Then came the assassinations
‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Seder is a Passover celebration and ceremony that commemorates the story of Exodus - Moses...
Gaza protests threaten to upend Democratic convention in Chicago amid growing criticism of Biden
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoNEW YORK — The pro-Palestinian protests roiling Columbia University and college campuses nationwide...
CT man was expelled from high school 50 years ago. Why he wants his diploma and to set record...
Hartford Courant· 5 days agoNearly 60 years ago, Gerald “Mike” Fothergill walked out of high school in response to the ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin and husband Dick Goodwin lived, observed, created and chronicled the 1960s
Los Angeles Times· 4 days ago“An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” isn’t precisely the book that...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcom X, has died
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 4 days agoWilliam Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who...