John Lewis, The Importance of getting into "Good Trouble"
John Lewis, born February 21, 1940, in Pike County, Alabama was an American Civil Rights Leader and politician.Lewis, the son ...
Mississippi has rich Black history. See Civil Rights sites, where blues music was born
Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...
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Fannie Lou Hamer honored for civil rights contributions
Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi, is posthumously recognized for her efforts in voter registration ...
Nat King Cole’s often overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement
March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...
Waupun Correctional Institution: Timeline of prisoner deaths, investigations, criminal cases, lawsuits, resignations at troubled prison
Here's what's been happening at the Waupun Correctional Institution the last two years following news that Gov. Evers ...
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Advocating the Dream: 7 notable mass gatherings of the Civil Rights Movement
As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...
60 years on, will Malcolm X's killers ever be brought to justice? | The Excerpt
What really happened the day Malcolm X was murdered and how can we understand his significance to civil rights in America?
Remembering Civil Rights pioneers from Brevard County
Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, are often regarded as the first martyrs of the Civil Rights movement. FLORIDA TODAY ...
Harry T. Moore: Civil rights pioneer led 1000s of black Floridians to vote
Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1951 when a bomb was placed under their home in Mims.
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14 Black women who proved they were the real architects of the Civil Rights Movement
As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...
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Searching for reasons behind opioid deaths of Black men born 1951-70
After reading a recent Sun-Times investigation on opioid deaths among a generation of Black men, WBEZ editor Alden Loury ponders the role of racism and segregation in those deaths.
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How old was Trayvon Martin when he died? A look back at the teen's death that sparked Black Lives Matter Movement
The decision was met with public opposition, and the Black Lives Matter movement was started. Read on to learn more about what transpired in February 2012 that led to Trayvon Martin’s death and ...