Activism leads to multi-pronged role at civil rights agency: Trailblazers & Trendsetters
As the nation celebrates Black History Month, PennLive, for the third year, is recognizing men and women making a difference ...
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From the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights Movement, Black American Women Have Long Told Their Stories Through Quilts
In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this ...
Shreveport’s “factory movement” of 1911 completely transformed Cedar Grove
George B. Wheelock, the retired carriage manufacturer from Indiana who began Shreveport’s Factory movement, didn’t live to ...
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How a central Illinois reverend helped shape American civil and voting rights
The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...
‘Long time coming’: Jacksonville unveils marker for local civil rights figure Johnnie Mae Chappell
Children of civil rights figure murdered in Jacksonville watched on Friday morning as the city unveiled a marker honoring her ...
Malcolm X was killed 60 years ago. His family wants answers as they celebrate his legacy.
Who killed Malcolm X? The civil rights icon was assassinated in New York six decades ago today, but questions about his death ...
Without trans women of color, there would have been no Stonewall rebellion
But sadly it’s also nothing new, especially for trans women of color regarding the truth about their central role in the ...