To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class
The federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in ...
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13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights Movement
In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
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J. Pharoah Doss: Trump revoked LBJ’s Equal Employment Opportunity Act?
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Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a ...
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From Freedom Summer to modern activism: A Jacksonville man’s ongoing fight for civil rights and voting equality
Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Horrors and hope: Awareness of Selma brutality led to voting rights laws 60 years ago
As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew ...
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[Opinion] 13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights Movement
In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
Presidents Day: Dennis Quaid, Josh Brolin among stars who’ve played our nation’s leaders on-screen
Many of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Dennis Quaid, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin, have played former presidents in ...
The impact of the Voting Rights Act, then and now
Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.
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Selma 60 three weeks away
The 60th Anniversary of some of the most momentous events in American History will be celebrated and memorialized in Selma, ...
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In photos: Black History Month's 60 year anniversaries
Black History Month this year falls on the 60th anniversary of many crucial moments of the Civil Rights Movement that would ...
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Sacred Heart University loses $3.38M federal grant
Sacred Heart University’s teacher residency program would have benefited from a $3.38 million federal Teacher Quality Partnership grant. But it ...