All posts tagged "Civil Rights Movement"
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Starbucks Arrestee Identifed As A Member Of Omega Psi Phi, New Video Of Arrest
We finally know who at least one of the arrestees is in the infamous Starbucks arrest situation. His name is Rashon Nelson and he’s a...
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Bernie Sanders Struggles With New Path To Black Voters
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) â As Bernie Sanders contemplates making another president bid in...
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NBC Doc Focuses On Images Of Civil Rights Movement
NEW YORK (AP) — Gruesome images of a lynched Emmett Till were seared into the minds of many black Americans in 1955 and helped lead...
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Oprah Winfrey Says Florida Students Are Like Civil Rights Pioneers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has nothing but praise for the Florida school shooting survivors who have channeled angst into activism, calling them “warriors...
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Billy Graham: Influential US evangelist dies at 99
RIP: Rev. Billy Graham! Evangelist Billy Graham – among the best important ministers from the 20th Century – has actually passed away aged 99. Graham...
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Isaiah Washington Reveals The True Figures Behind The Civil Rights Movement
Most everyone knows of Rosa Parks and her role in the fight for equality when she refused to get up from her seat to give...
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Someone In The Trump Administration Let A Typo Of Frederick Douglassâ Last Name Go Unnoticed
Source: Photo 12 / Getty Get Trumpâs people a Google account. For the second time in a year, the Trump administration has used Black...
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Nichelle Nichols Didn’t Leave ‘Star Trek’ Thanks To Dr. King
When the 1960’s come to your head, you think about civil rights movement and the activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You think about his...
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Jay-Z, Beyonce & Solange Spotted At Dooky Chase’s In New Orleans
In New Orleans Wednesday ahead of Jay-Z’s concert Thursday (Nov. 9) at the Smoothie King Center, the rapper, his wife Beyonce and sister-in-law Solange hit...
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John Oliver Explains In Detail Why Confederates Statues Need To Go
Sunday night, John Oliver spent nearly half of his HBO show “Last Week Tonight” using humor to detail the history behind America’s Confederate monuments and...
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Legendary Comedian and Activist Dick Gregory Has Passed Away
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Gregory, who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional...
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Her Stolen Pride!
The story of Civil Rights Activist Mamie King-Chalmers, and her struggle to reclaim her rightful place in history after another woman had gained fame and...
