‘Backbone of the American Dream’: How Rosenwald Schools shaped the civil rights movement
Photographer Andrew Feiler documented the last remaining Rosenwald Schools built to educate Black children during segregation ...
Civil rights icon Dave Dennis to discuss 1964 Freedom Summer at LSU Shreveport
Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...
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Books on protest movements of the civil rights era for adults and children
Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...
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Activists are ‘up for the fight’ to preserve civil rights in an era of uncertainty: Rev. Sharpton
It’s the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and civil rights activists took to the streets of Selma, Alabama to remember the ...
Historic Selma church at heart of Civil Rights Movement gets $1M in renovation funds
Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Selma, Alabama, a pivotal location during the civil rights movement, is undergoing a $1 million ...
In a powerful new book, a hero of the Civil Rights era tells her story to children
Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with ...
At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
Iconic singer and fighter for justice during Civil Rights Movement dead at 82
Well, you probably should. Not only was Cox a legendary folk singer, but he was known, too, as a fighter for social justice ...
Oklahoma City sit-in on March 11, 1961, leads to 12 arrests amid Civil Rights Movement
On March 11, 1961, a Civil Rights Movement sit-in was held at the Anna Maude Cafeteria in Oklahoma City.According to the ...
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Shreveport native Dave Dennis to share experiences in local, national Civil Rights Movement
Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, ...
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Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
End of carousel Legal experts said that unwinding a civil-rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power. The groundwork for such laws ...