At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
Seabrook resident reflects on his time with MLK, the Civil Rights Movement and Selma
John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.
Iconic singer and fighter for justice during Civil Rights Movement dead at 82
Well, you probably should. Not only was Cox a legendary folk singer, but he was known, too, as a fighter for social justice ...
Bloody Sunday: Today marks 60 years since attack on Civil Rights marchers in Selma
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march ...
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Shreveport native Dave Dennis to share experiences in local, national Civil Rights Movement
Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, ...
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Civil rights icon Dave Dennis to discuss 1964 Freedom Summer at LSU Shreveport
Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...
Oklahoma City sit-in on March 11, 1961, leads to 12 arrests amid Civil Rights Movement
On March 11, 1961, a Civil Rights Movement sit-in was held at the Anna Maude Cafeteria in Oklahoma City.According to the ...
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Books on protest movements of the civil rights era for adults and children
Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...
60 years after Selma, we face an anti-human rights backlash | Column
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...
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From the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights Movement, Black American Women Have Long Told Their Stories Through Quilts
In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this ...
JUAN WILLIAMS: America's 'second' civil rights movement and you
If the first civil rights movement was defined by three words—"We Shall Overcome"—then the second civil rights movement has been defined by three different words: "Black Lives Matter." ...
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Hazel Dukes, New York civil rights leader, dies at 92
She was born in Montgomery, Alabama – the birthplace of the civil rights movement – then moved to Roslyn in North ... she ...