He was a leader of the Selma Voting Rights movement ... event is considered the largest MLK luncheon in the U.S. LaFayette, 84, is an icon in the civil rights movement. Beyond his work organizing ...

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RIO RANCHO — A former Stanford University history professor who saw Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech and later published the slain civil rights leader’s ...

Barr, a human rights attorney, leader and maker of an Emmy-award-winning documentary film, will give the keynote speech at the 34th annual Human Rights Awareness and Award Luncheon on April 22.

Dr. Hazel Dukes, an iconic civil rights leader and president of the NAACP New York State Conference, has died at age 92. Dukes died peacefully Saturday morning, Ronald Dukes, her son, said in a ...

Sharpton became notable for his response to injustice in New York City streets. The civil rights leader led a march through Howard Beach, Queens, after a white mob beat three Black men.

his steadfast courage during civil rights marches and the deep, resonant timbre of his voice that could stir the soul. Reed was a leader of the Milwaukee Commandos, a security unit of young Black ...

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