Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and human rights activist, dies at age 96.
Civil Rights Movement
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Big Ten brings civil rights history alive for athletes, staff
‘To actually understand a lot further than just kind of the surface was really inspiring to me.’
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Fred Gray, the ‘chief counsel for the protest movement,’ to get Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work
Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the victims of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the U.S. Public Health Service refused for decades to provide readily available treatment to Black men who had the disease. Gray played important roles in […]
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Autherine Lucy Foster, a critical figure in the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 92
Autherine Lucy Foster, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English from historically Black Miles College in 1952, and whose legal battle with the University of Alabama, has died at age 92.
Posted inOpinion
Act now to protect voting rights and preserve the nation
We as a nation desperately need the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives on January 13, and is held hostage today by the Senate filibuster threat.
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Sidney Poitier—Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the Civil Rights Movement on screen
Sidney Poitier, who died at 94 on Jan. 7, 2022, broke the mold of what a Black actor could be in Hollywood.
Posted inBlack History Month, MLK Legacy Section, Opinion, Special Editions
MLK influence felt in George Floyd protests
People across the world took to the streets to nonviolently protest the police killing of George Perry Floyd in their cities.
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65 years ago today: Rosa Parks sparked a movement
Sixty-five years ago today, Rosa Parks made history and helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
Posted inBlack History Month, Opinion
John Lewis’ contribution to U.S. democracy should not be forgotten
When John Lewis left us, editorials and columns paid tribute to his leadership, his courage, and his moral example. The praise was well deserved.
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Legendary civil rights activist C.T. Vivian dies at 95
‘We’ve lost a founder of modern America, a pioneer who shrunk the gap between reality and our constitutional ideals of equality and freedom.’
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John Lewis: Making a way out of no way
John Lewis held fast to his ideals of truth and justice for all.
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New documentary captures the many sides of late civil rights lion John Lewis
In ‘Good Trouble,’ award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter captures the many sides of John Lewis in lifelong quest for freedom.
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Beloved civil rights icon John Lewis dies at age 80
Congressman and iconic civil rights champion John Lewis died at the age of 80.
Posted inArts + Culture, Music
Sounds of Blackness’ Gary Hines shares the inspiration behind new single
‘The kumbaya songs are actually a part of the problem. This is about the Movement, about being an anthem.’
Posted inMLK Legacy Section
Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr: ‘Transforming a neighborhood into a brotherhood’
‘ We suffer from a kind of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. ‘
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Justice Department reopens Emmett Till murder case
In a Justice Department statement on July 13, the reason given for reopening the Till investigation was related to, “receiving new information.” However, the Justice Department did not detail exactly what the new information was. According to USA Today, the decision was revealed to Congress in a February report, but it is unclear what the Justice Department is prepared to act on.