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Much of the civil rights movement is remembered through the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. There were a number of people who also made valuable contributions but aren’t known as well.
Students and community members gathered to remember the life and legacy of a civil rights icon, hearing from guest speakers such as Dr. Bianca Nightengale-Lee, director of the Lewis Walker Institute.
On Feb. 1, 1968, two more men, Echol Cole, 36, and Robert Walker, 30, were crushed in the compactor. ... It is sacred ground. It is the beating heart of the civil rights movement, a symbol of ...
The movement’s legacy: A biblical lens. The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in addressing racial injustice, but its reliance on government solutions often came at the expense of biblical principles.
Leaders of the battle for civil rights in New Orleans are spotlighted in 'The Trail They Blazed' at the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Back in the 1960s, the civil rights movement received the same critiques and was accused of similar divisiveness as today’s climate movement: activists were agitators, the movement was too ...
Civil rights activist Diane Nash once spoke about the civil rights movement as powered by agape—a love for humanity that drives us to justice. Now, that same spirit calls us forward.