Activists across the spectrum call for a return to civility after assassination of Charlie Kirk

Community leaders said they hope our elected officials use this tragedy to unite us and not further divide us.
WNCT

North Carolina flags to be lowered in honor of ‘A&T Four’ civil rights pioneer Joseph McNeil

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Flags in the state of North Carolina will be lowered to half-staff on Saturday in honor of a civil rights icon who helped to shape history in Greensboro. Major General Joseph ...
KSAT

SAPD announces arrest of 20-year-old man in connection with 2022 capital murder case

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department announced an arrest in a 2022 capital murder case. Authorities held a perp walk and a subsequent news conference regarding the arrest of Joshua Reyes, ...
AZ Central

'We will not let our history be erased:' Civil Rights vets share lessons with educators

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: The story and impact of Little Rock Central High School’s 1957 desegregation is preserved at this historic site

Civil-rights icon Daisy Bates is highlighted as their indomitable mentor. Amply reported are the mental and physical torments that the Black students suffered from a coterie of Central's white ...
Mercury News

Joseph McNeil dies at 83; civil rights activist helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter

RALEIGH, N.C. — Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter 65 years ago helped spark nonviolent civil rights sit-in ...