civil rights movement
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Foundation To Honor John Lewis and His Wife, Lillian Miles, Announced On His Birthday
The foundation also announced a gala to take place on May 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Memphis Black Woman Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Trying to Register to Vote
Pamela Moses is an activist and founder of Black Lives Matter Memphis
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Today In Black History: The Fight for School Desegregation in a New Jersey City
Hundreds of people occupied city hall chambers in Englewood, N.J., in protest of the school board's refusal to transfer nine Black students to a new school.
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Federal Court Blocks Alabama GOP’s Racially Gerrymandered Voting Map
The proposed map by the republican GOP would have created just one majority-Black district out of seven.
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman Arrested While Joining Capitol Building Protest For Voting Rights
The New York congressman was one of 27 people arrested by Capitol Police on Thursday.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Told the Senate to Pass the Voting Rights Legislation right now.
Martin Luther King III called out President Biden and the Senate to pass voting rights legislation while also honoring his father
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Janet Yellen Says the Economy Has Never Been Fair to Black Folks
Madame Treasury Secretary, you just don't know how right you are