| 单词 | civil rights activist |
| 例句 | Hundreds of black clergymen, journalists, civil rights activists, teachers, lawyers, students and anyone suspected of subversive acts had been detained. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late sixties, civil rights activists might have harnessed the great idealism that the southern movement inspired in Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Whitney Young was named for a civil rights activist and had been opened in 1975 as a positive-minded alternative to busing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The success of the Montgomery bus boycott encouraged growing numbers of civil rights activists, black and white, to challenge laws that enforced segregation. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Outraged by the lack of local law enforcement interest in the case, the black community and civil rights activists persuaded the United States Department of Justice to get involved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Board of Education, civil rights activists used direct-action tactics in an effort to force reluctant Southern states to desegregate public facilities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Many of these artists had been encouraged to leave the South by pioneer civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, who was also the editor of The Crisis magazine, the journal of the NAACP. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And longtime congressman John Lewis, a veteran civil rights activist and moving spirit of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, denounced the ruling as a major blow to minorities in the United States. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z One very vocal opponent of the tide of ethnic imitation was the writer, civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, W. E. B. Du Bois. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z While dramatic progress was apparent in the political and social realms, civil rights activists became increasingly concerned that, without major economic reforms, the vast majority of blacks would remain locked in poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Conservative politicians who embraced this rhetoric purposefully failed to distinguish between the direct action tactics of civil rights activists, violent rebellions in inner cities, and traditional crimes of an economic or violent nature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On Thursday, Caroline Kennedy will gather members of her father's administration, civil rights activists, astronaut Buzz Aldrin and others to celebrate the 35th president's legacy. On JFK 50th, Kennedy family gathers in Washington 2011-01-20T14:41:59Z In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson said the phrase “we shall overcome” in an address to Congress, deliberately borrowing the language of black civil rights activists to trumpet a voting rights act; it changed the country. ‘It doesn’t matter.’ ‘We’ll see.’ The Trump Doctrine is sounding more fatalistic every day. 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “She was no civil rights activist. She was not marching in the streets. This was the 1930s,” Marchesi said. PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z As "To Kill a Mockingbird" was arriving in theaters in Alabama in early 1963, Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor was directing the use of fire hoses and police dogs on civil rights activists. Atticus Finch a racist? There goes the ideal 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z She was also a longtime civil rights activist, outspoken on behalf of Black soldiers, and a frequent participant in protests and marches. In a First for Broadway, a Theater Will Be Renamed for Lena Horne 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z HBO premieres “Sing Your Song,” its acclaimed documentary on the singer, actor and civil rights activist at a red carpet screening in Harlem. The Buzz 2011-10-05T22:21:49Z He was a civil rights activist in the 1960s who was radicalized by the 1965 Watts riots but later turned against Black nationalism. Stanley Crouch, contentious man of letters, dead at 74 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Angelou was also a prominent civil rights activist and a friend to Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Maya Angelou was a 'real original' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in Washington, civil rights activists planned to mark Saturday's anniversary of the landmark 1963 speech with rallies and demonstrations, some ending on the National Mall. Glenn Beck plans Lincoln Memorial rally on anniversary of King's 'Dream' speech 2010-08-26T15:15:00Z Her mother was a homemaker and civil rights activist whose obituary began with the line: “Victoria Jackson lived by 11 commandments.” Audraine’s choice: Why one conflicted Southern black voter just can’t decide 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The life of the poet, writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou — also sometimes a performer, and more — is revisited in this documentary, which explores Angelou’s many talents. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Art of Political Murder’ and CBS Specials 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “Historical Snapshot: A Day in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” in which Yolanda Clarke, a civil rights activist, will discuss her participation in the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 13-19 2012-01-12T22:22:26Z The civil rights activist sent a letter to Neil Portnow, the president and CEO of the Academy, and expressed his dismay over the academy's decision last April to cut its categories from 109 to 78. AP Newsbreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts 2012-01-27T16:49:17Z Like many other civil rights activists, he was called a Communist — a label whose loose rhetorical function is echoed in the word “terrorist” today. Black Lives Matter and the Intrepid Lives That Preceded It 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z TV special, she sang a duet with African-American singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. Downtown? Petula Clark goes Down Farm 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Famous people these kids admired included civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, as well as soccer player Pele. Class of KidsPost: Halley Elementary sixth-graders know the three R’s plus one 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z In the 1961 Freedom Rides, black and white civil rights activists rode buses together through the South in an effort to end segregation in public transportation facilities after the U.S. Civil rights leader John Lewis dies at age 80 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor and civil rights activist, offered to pay for Ms. Conrad’s education at another university if she wished to transfer. Barbara Smith Conrad, singer who overcame discrimination in celebrated operatic career, dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Horne, who was also a dancer and civil rights activist, died last May at the age of 92. Lena Horne's NYC apartment artifacts to be sold 2011-02-23T16:25:09Z An actual one, not a radical civil rights activist. "True Blood" recap: Trust no one 2010-08-23T12:30:00Z As Chatelain describes it, those early battles between McDonald’s and civil rights activists mainly revolved around who got served and who got hired. The Surprising History of McDonald’s and the Civil Rights Movement 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z A young civil rights activist, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, called the station to report the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Phil Chess, co-founder of music label that brought blues to the world, dies at 95 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He provided money to bail Dr. King and other civil rights activists out of jail. Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The poet, civil rights activist and Harlem Renaissance figure Anne Spencer was a key part of the Black literary and cultural movement of the 1920s. 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The Harlem-born civil rights activist and essayist had written a letter, titled “My Dungeon Shook,” to his 14-year-old nephew on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. A civil rights photographer's march through years of American struggle 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z In “Selma,” Common, the rapper and actor, played the civil rights activist James Bevel; the director Ava DuVernay was already deep in editing when she asked him about doing a song as well. Subversive and Smart Scores Raise the Volume in Oscar Talk 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z In this smart and capacious history, Chatelain recounts how early battles between McDonald’s and civil rights activists mainly revolved around who got served and who got hired. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The giant of a man — scholar, athlete, singer, actor and civil rights activist, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era — has one arm wrapped around Julian as they both look into the camera. Julian Bond had the long view of this journey toward justice 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z A civil rights activist, she was the only woman to speak at the 1963 March on Washington before Martin Luther King’s famed “I Have a Dream” speech. Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France’s Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z One display case will be devoted to early-20th-century photographs, postcards and other ephemera from Lucy Nicolar, a Maine native and Penobscot tribe member who was a singer, vaudeville star and civil rights activist. Dressed to Kill: The Power of Leopard Prints 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Klein says the script covers Cooke's entire life -- 1931 to 1964 -- from childhood through his years as a gospel singer, a pop star, civil rights activist and eventually a label owner and music publisher. Sam Cooke film moving forward, script complete 2011-03-15T02:23:11Z Other featured inns were initially artists’ colonies whose natural beauty attracted the likes of Ansel Adams, or once attracted intellectuals and early civil rights activists. When the hotel is the destination 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Her Aug. 31 funeral will be held at Detroit’s 4,000-seat Greater Grace Temple, which was the venue for the 2005 funeral of civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Stevie Wonder heads star line-up for Aretha Franklin funeral 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Her push for justice is at the heart of this four-part documentary series, which looks back at work by civil rights activists to dismantle the Klan’s power in the 20th century. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Hemingway’ and ‘The People v. the Klan’ 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z In an early sequence, he depicts 31 slain civil rights activists, their names largely lost to us. Can a Comic Book Contain the Drama and Heat of Activism? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “This is an injury to his personal reputation, to his career and his soul,” said Davis, whose sister is civil rights activist Angela Davis. In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The daughter of a preacher and civil rights activist, Franklin revisited her roots with several acclaimed live gospel albums, including her 1972 Grammy winner "Amazing Grace." Aretha Franklin tells JET magazine: "I feel great" 2010-12-16T20:18:59Z While doing his research, which included listening to the band’s entire catalog and speaking to civil rights activist U.S. The cast of Broadway’s ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ very proud of show 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Her father was fond of using his only daughter as target practice for his BB gun; her mother, for whom Ms. Schwartz was named, was an ardent preservationist and civil rights activist. Eugenie Schwartz, Artist From New Orleans, Dies at 64 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “All of the morning business was carried out at Paschal’s,” a motel and restaurant where activists met to strategize, Andrew Young, a prominent civil rights activist and former Atlanta mayor, told me. MLK’s booth at his go-to barbecue joint became a memorial. Then it disappeared. 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z This National Book Award-winning biography, decades in the making, clears up factual disputes and re-creates fly-on-the-wall details that add invaluably to our understanding of the civil rights activist’s life. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z America’s entry into the war and the struggle against Nazi Germany allowed civil rights activists to significantly step up their rhetoric. African-American GIs of WWII: Fighting for democracy abroad and at home 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The divergence, he argued, dates to the early 1950s, when black civil rights activists, including W.E.B. A new mission for Amnesty International: Bringing human rights home Mr. Belafonte, second from left, in Chicago in 1966 with, from left, Sidney Poitier, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and the civil rights activist Al Raby. Harry Belafonte: A Life in Photos 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee died Wednesday at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y, her agent told The Hollywood Reporter. Ruby Dee, Oscar Nominated Actress and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 91 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But both rulings were widely ignored below the Mason-Dixon line, prompting civil rights activists to draw attention to the states' continuing segregation. 11 courageous facts about the Freedom Riders 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Drama professor Marietta Hedges stars in Catherine Filloux’s one-woman show, which tells the story of Viola Liuzzo, a white civil rights activist from Detroit who supported marchers in Alabama and was murdered. Director Julie Taymor to receive prestigious ‘Will’ Award 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Several weeks later, the civil rights activist Robert Moses stepped onstage before a performance by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra to announce that Dr. King had been shot. Robert Caro and Carnegie Hall: Revisiting the ’60s 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The season will feature the world premiere of Matthew Rushing’s “Odetta,” set to music written by the folk singer, songwriter and civil rights activist, who died in 2008. Ailey American Dance Theater to Offer Odetta Tribute 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The galvanizing civil rights activist and Intercept columnist is no stranger to crazy timelines. Weaponizing CPS: Shaun King says a troll called in a phony child services complaint on his family 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z TV special, she sang a duet with African-American singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. Downtown? Petula Clark goes Down Farm 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The Jersey City school board voted last Thursday, June 16, 2016, to name a $54.6 million school building for the celebrated writer and civil rights activist. New Jersey school to be named for poet Maya Angelou 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The 2010 documentary “Freedom Riders,” also making its way into the registry, told an inspiring story about civil rights activists who fought against racial segregation on buses and trains in the 1960s. ‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Grease’ added to National Film Registry 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z But then as Jeanne Theoharis shows in “A More Beautiful and Terrible History,” civil rights activists half a century ago faced a similarly hostile reception. Black Lives Matter and the Intrepid Lives That Preceded It 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z During her years as a civil rights activist, she had filed racial harassment complaints, which were dropped after the revelation of her heritage. What do you think of Rachel Dolezal's book cover? 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z She was a writer and also a civil rights activist. Greenwich Village, Storied Home of Bohemia and Gay History 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Horne also was a dancer and civil rights activist. Lena Horne's NYC apartment artifacts to be sold 2011-02-23T12:46:03Z Ossie Davis, the actor and civil rights activist, called the film “one of the most important things I have seen on the screen in a long time.” Don Hunstein, Who Photographed Great Musicians, Dies at 88 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In February 1965, he was sent to Marion, Ala., to cover the shooting of the civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson by state troopers, a dangerous assignment no senior colleague wanted, he later recalled. Spider Martin’s Photographs of the Selma March Get a Broader View 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Watts, who played the slave Coco in Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed 2012 film, issued a statement in response to the civil rights activists’ press conference. Django Unchained actor asked to apologise over LAPD racism claims 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Gayle plaintiffs and many other civil rights activists, sat in the second row at the unveiling. Alabama Unveils Statue of Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z They try different forms of protest, including civil disobedience, inspired by Aster’s grandfather’s experience as a civil rights activist. Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z With civil rights activists planning protests and boycotts, the Academy’s failure to nominate any actor of color for two years in a row has left its sponsors spooked. Advertisers are the potential losers at Oscars amid calls for protests and boycotts 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Poet, novelist and civil rights activist Maya Angelou died in May at the age of 86, prompting US President Barack Obama to hail her "one of the brightest lights of our time". Famous faces who died in 2014 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z She compares his sense of this with that expressed by the American sociologist and civil rights activist W.E.B. Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z You see that between Nina the classical performer and Nina the pop performer, or Nina the civil rights activist and Nina the battered wife. Director of Nina Simone documentary: “We were in our edit room when the events of Ferguson were unfolding. It reminds you that the struggle is ongoing” 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z With the outcry from Till's relatives and other civil rights activists growing, Epic Records cut Wayne's verse from the "authorised" version of Future's track and label boss LA Reid rang the family to apologise. Lil Wayne backtracks from his 'offensive' Emmett Till lyric 2013-05-02T12:37:36Z Mr. Gregory is both an immensely important stand-up comic and a prominent civil rights activist. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Coates also left Twitter recently, after he was publicly criticized by the Harvard philosopher and civil rights activist Cornel West, who called him “the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle.” Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Leaving The Atlantic 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Walker, the first African American woman to charter a bank, was, like Bethune, a nationally known civil rights activist in her day. These national historic sites celebrate great women. Shouldn’t they have more visitors? 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z A pioneering minister and civil rights activist who was the first Black person in prominent church leadership roles, including president of the National Council of Churches. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Sandra Bland, a 28-year old African-American civil rights activist from Chicago, was found dead in her cell at Waller County Jail in Houston, Texas Monday morning. “What happened in that jail?”: Everything you need to know about the tragic & mysterious death of Sandra Bland 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z On that wall is a work by Kerry James Marshall with images of assassinated civil rights activists. Debts of Gratitude Paid in Paintings, Silkscreens and Collages 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The neat clothes and the primly styled hair of the civil rights activists reflected that of the accepted mainstream, of the agreed-upon norm. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z But in addition to the many hats he juggled as an entertainer — song and dance man, actor, impressionist, raconteur — Davis became a civil rights activist. Sammy Davis Jr.’s Knotty Journey, on Film and in Song 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was written by James Weldon Johnson, a civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in 1900. "Do football, not wokeness": Conservatives angered over Black national anthem sung at the Super Bowl 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z When, in the 1960s, a Black civil rights activist sought to “integrate” a pool by swimming a lap, Wilkerson tells us, it was subsequently drained and entirely refilled to appease its white users. What Do America’s Racial Problems Have in Common With India and Nazi Germany? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The book includes comments from the civil rights activist and longtime Democratic congressman from Georgia on “courage, faith, activism, humility, forgiveness, marriage, death, the pandemic and much more.” Final thoughts from Rep. John Lewis to be published in July 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Celebrities, politicians, tourists, aged civil rights activists and others are expected to crowd the bridge. Fifty years later, spotlight shines on civil rights icon Amelia Boynton Robinson 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The author, a civil rights activist, traces the roots of political dissatisfaction among many Black voters and examines the ways she believes Democratic Party has abandoned them. 18 Books Coming in September 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Wilkerson meets with Edward Vaughn, a civil rights activist from the area who remembers a boycott of Branch’s grocery store after the killing and the woeful conditions at the hospital where Spann had been taken. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Gates introduces Davis as a living legend, philosopher, feminist and civil rights activist, as well as a "tireless advocate for social justice, crisscrossing the globe to write and speak on behalf of the oppressed." Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z One teacher told her that civil rights activists were not God-fearing and were, in fact, the people the Bible warned about in Revelation. Kimberlé Crenshaw: the woman who revolutionised feminism – and landed at the heart of the culture wars 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z From the beginning he is highly observant of the world around him and intellectually curious, traits that forecast the bold civil rights activist he will later become. Sports Stories That Transcend Sport 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z But over the next four years, as Vietnam ground on, civil rights activists met violent ends, and race wars laid waste to American cities, daybreak must have seemed far-off. 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z He compared incarcerated black men to jailed civil rights activists, the apples and oranges of the black criminal-justice crisis. Cliff Huxtable Was Bill Cosby’s Sickest Joke 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The civil rights activists Juanita Jackson Mitchell; her husband, Clarence Mitchell Jr.; and her mother, Lillie Jackson, filed away evidence of their legal and political battles for eight decades, starting in the 1910s. Antiques: Documents of the Civil Rights Era; All About Rich Dogs 2012-02-16T23:01:59Z His political life tracked the divergent paths of the modern black political struggle in the United States: He worked with mainstream civil rights activists like Dr. King; and helped start the Black Panther Party. Peniel E. Joseph on His Biography of Stokely Carmichael 2014-03-03T21:52:52Z The Library of Congress will be the temporary home of a collection of more than 1,500 items relating to the civil rights activist Rosa Parks and recently purchased by the philanthropist Howard G. Buffett. Rosa Parks Collection Going to Library of Congress 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z This year, Jackson will recall one of its most difficult moments — June 12, 1963, when the civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in his driveway by a white supremacist. 36 Hours in Jackson, Miss. 2013-05-30T17:27:31Z Dr. Maya Angelou was best known as a poet, author and civil rights activist. Go Inside the Making of the First Documentary About Maya Angelou 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z In this hourlong performance for families, the baritone Anthony Brown will portray Robeson, the African-American actor and vocalist who was also a civil rights activist. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Once a Nation of Islam follower and teenage civil rights activist who read Alan Watts and Krishnamurti before he read the Bible, Mr. Bernard presents more like a professor than a bible thumper. The Power Pastor: How A.R. Bernard Built a New York Megachurch 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z This searing presentation of the F.B.I.’s file on and harassment of the singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson brings an exceptional series to an extraordinary close. Review: Ingenious Versatility in the Whitney’s ‘Open Plan’ 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z A generation ago, Spike Lee took the veteran director Norman Jewison to task for directing “Malcolm X,” insisting that the nuances of the civil rights activist’s story would be better served by a black filmmaker. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It's not a happy ending, though Berman strains to find hope in the renewed commitment to voter registration of a younger generation of civil rights activists galvanized by Shelby and the restrictive laws it enabled. 'Give Us the Ballot' is a sobering look at the modern struggle for voting rights in America 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z This history revisits the hostile reception that greeted civil rights activists half a century ago. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Clyburn, who got his start as a civil rights activist in the 1960s, has rebuked Black Lives Matter activists for using the slogan. Black voters played a crucial role in Joe Biden’s victory. Can he keep their trust? 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Person, living or dead, you admire most: Mom earned three votes, just beating “brother” and civil rights activist Reverend Martin Luther King Junior. May Class of KidsPost: Second-graders from Waverly Elementary in Ellicott City 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Films of this stripe are legion, though the most irritating example remains “Mississippi Burning,” in which two F.B.I. agents are at the center of an investigation into the murder of civil rights activists. Arts & Leisure: Black-and-White Struggle Through Hollywood?s Rosy Glow 2011-08-09T13:34:47Z As civil rights activists continued their fight, Sidney Poitier became the first black best actor winner. From assassinations to 9/11: How the Oscars respond to political turmoil 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z For several years, the community was attacked and boycotted in a harbinger of the violence that awaited civil rights activists in the Deep South. The day my bullies apologized: Race, the South and a reconciliation decades in the making 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z The Freedom Riders were a brave group of more than 400 civil rights activists, many of whom were just teenagers, who put their lives on the line to dismantle segregated busing in 1961. 11 courageous facts about the Freedom Riders 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Today, the 76-year-old congressman and civil rights activist won yet another prize for his graphic memoir, “March: Book Three”: the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. Rep. John Lewis: I hope my book inspires people to ‘speak up and speak out’ 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z They met in 1962 at Merritt College in Oakland, and began strategizing about revolutionary action to address racial injustice — reading Mao and Marx, refining the philosophies of previous civil rights activists. Can a Comic Book Contain the Drama and Heat of Activism? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Franklin grew up surrounded by civil rights activists and world-class musicians, including her father, famed pastor C.L. Aretha Franklin’s praise-filled, song-filled funeral was one for the ages 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The Lovings became civil rights activists by default: victims of the times, the color of their skin and a willful, wrongheaded judge in Virginia. | ?The Loving Story': ?The Loving Story,? an HBO Documentary 2012-02-14T01:46:53Z When you were a teenager, you were drafted into a youth movement that aimed to create 21st-century civil rights activists. The Surprising Origins of #MeToo 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z A monument to journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was unveiled Wednesday in Chicago. Monument to activist, journalist Ida B. Wells unveiled 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z See More » Your father, the Rev. C. L. Franklin, was a prominent civil rights activist and a Baptist preacher. Aretha Franklin on Singing for Pope Francis and Her Next Album 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z My grandfather James Peck was a civil rights activist. It Was Justin Peck’s First ‘Rodeo,’ and He Turned It on Its Head 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel in Jackson, Miss., where civil rights activists gathered in the 1960s. 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z While its title suggests otherwise, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” was a collaboration between the civil rights activist and journalist Alex Haley, who later wrote “Roots.” Who wrote that political memoir? No, who actually wrote it? The civil rights activist Sojourner Truth was later added to the monument, which now stands a few blocks south of Bethesda Fountain. Decades After the Central Park Jogger Attack, a City Marks Its Mistake 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Then he brought on a 19-year-old Al Sharpton, already a civil rights activist, who presented Brown with an award for his music. Don Cornelius took 'Soul Train' on pioneering trip 2012-02-01T20:32:12Z This play by the writer and filmmaker Kevin Willmott examines those adolescent years, which fostered Dr. King’s decision to become both a minister and a civil rights activist. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Here he encountered the writings of Walter Rauschenbusch, an early-20th-century proponent of the Social Gospel, and fell in with a group of civil rights activists. Jon Meacham on John Lewis, the Legend and the Man 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z One winner this year is the Rev. William J. Barber II, a North Carolina pastor who has become a leading civil rights activist. MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Fellowships 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Lewis is today a Georgia congressman, but half a century ago, when the 6th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. was bombed, he was a prominent civil rights activist. Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for The Underground Railroad 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z And behold, a few pages later, “what may well be the only Times photograph” of the civil rights activist Medgar Evers. What Could Have Been Iconic 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Danny Bakewell, a civil rights activist and business leader there, remembers him discussing the importance of keeping ownership of “Soul Train” among blacks. Don Cornelius, Host of ?Soul Train,? and His Muted Legacy 2012-03-09T23:44:45Z He also visited Peaches Restaurant, founded in 1961, where freedom riders and civil rights activists including Martin Luther King Jr. ate. Film explores African-Americans' unhealthy "soul food" habit 2012-12-27T17:01:21Z The daughter of an early civil rights activist, Ms. Dobbs forged a path in music as one of the most admired coloratura sopranos of her era. Mattiwilda Dobbs, pathbreaking operatic soprano, dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In London, he helped start a residential commune of civil rights activists and contemplated the idea of abandoning art in favor of full-time political organizing. Vivan Sundaram, 79, Dies; a Pivotal, and Political, Figure in Indian Art 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z She was a passionate civil rights activist and her music became the soundtrack of the movement. Hadley Freeman's 10 awesome women: from Katharine Hepburn to Miss Piggy 2013-04-22T15:38:00Z At the workshop that Parks attended, civil rights activists talked about strategies for implementing integration. The amazing Rosa Parks story too few people still know 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The daughter of civil rights activists, she was raised in a household that welcomed a diverse community of guests. Trump’s white nationalism torments us now, but the “centrality of whiteness” will fade away 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z For instance, they tell the shocking story of Harry T Moore, a civil rights activist from Florida who was murdered in 1951, before singing a tribute entitled Freedom Never Dies. Sweet Honey in the Rock – review 2013-03-25T18:33:35Z A civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z With Daniels directing, Jackman will star as William Pepper, the lawyer who has argued for decades that, on 4 April 1968, the US civil rights activist was murdered by unseen forces including the US government. Lee Daniels to direct Hugh Jackman in Martin Luther King film Orders to Kill 2012-08-01T10:47:44Z Shakur’s mother, Afeni, who died last year, was a civil rights activist and a Black Panther; an early scene shows her emerging victorious from a conspiracy trial a month before giving birth to him. Review: ‘All Eyez on Me’ Is Uninspired. Tupac Shakur Was Anything But. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z In the audio guide accompanying the show, the curator Erin Barnett says that the Lovings “were not civil rights activists,” though “they became civil rights heroes.” Art Review: ?The Loving Story? at International Center of Photography 2012-01-26T23:30:12Z On Tuesday's episode of "Finding Your Roots," civil rights activist Angela Davis learned a series of surprising facts about her ancestral history, but one revelation left her outright shocked. Civil rights activist Angela Davis learns surprising genealogy on "Finding Your Roots" 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z A documentary about the maverick soul singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone, told through concert footage, interviews, diaries and letters. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Yes, Lepore pays heed to Frederick Douglass and Cesar Chavez and the African-American lawyer and civil rights activist Pauli Murray, among others. As the News Cycle Lurches, Jill Lepore Offers a Long, Steady View of American History 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Jones left City Opera in 1960 at the request of her husband, the doctor and civil rights activist George Kaufman, who asked that she spend more evenings with him and their three children. Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Was he a protester or civil rights activist like other models of leadership featured here: Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony and Gandhi? Museum Review: Lincoln?s Legacy at Expanded Ford?s Theater Complex 2012-02-10T13:00:00Z The use of the phrase “Me Too” to vocalize solidarity with assault survivors was started in 2006 by Tarana Burke, an African American woman and civil rights activist. 'It's only a beer': the unwritten contracts between men and women 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z In them, the main character du jour is usually surrounded by Malcolm X, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or any civil rights activist. These Images Tell the Stories of American Blackness 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Famous quotes from iconic civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi are interspersed throughout the song. Hear Alicia Keys's 'We Gotta Pray' 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Famed poet, author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou died Wednesday at 86. Watch the World Thank Maya Angelou 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z As boldly colorful as the partitions, the works hanging on the newly painted walls are the realization of a dream held for decades by the Afro-Brazilian artist and civil rights activist Abdias do Nascimento. In Brazil, a Museum Within a Museum Restores a Legacy 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z When, in 1966, Kennedy visited Chief Albert Luthuli, the South African civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner living in internal exile, he is thought to have delivered a letter from King. Book excerpt: The untold story of MLK and RFK 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z He referenced his mother and her work as a campus civil rights activist in the 1960s: Had it not been for the local journalists who covered it, change may never have come. How Roy Wood Jr. crushed the toughest room in comedy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z An "impossible dream," as the former civil rights activist would later describe it. Obama lauds Medal of Freedom recipients 2011-02-16T05:16:04Z I’m particularly fascinated by the week in February, 1968 that entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte hosted the Tonight Show in place of Johnny Carson. Letterman’s presidential montage fell flat: “Mad Men,” “SNL” and why our long national nightmare isn’t actually over 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The film explores the FBI’s surveillance program to target Seberg in the late 1960s for her association with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. Kristen Stewart wants to elevate Seberg beyond the haircut 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Afterward, Halle Berry led an extended tribute to actress, singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne. 2011 Academy Awards: Highlights from the show 2011-02-28T17:54:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton called Franklin a “civil rights activist and freedom fighter.” Aretha Franklin’s praise-filled, song-filled funeral was one for the ages 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Belafonte with Lena Horne in 1970 at an event in support of the civil rights activist Andrew Young’s campaign for Congress. Harry Belafonte: A Life in Photos 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The 29-year-old plays the actress in a political thriller detailing how the FBI targeted Seberg in the late 1960s because of her personal and political links to African American civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. More than a haircut: Kristen Stewart aims to shine spotlight on... 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z In the past, she had her own domestic ritual to support civil rights activists – and it’s one she’s replicating now. Trauma and triumph: my father, his dementia and surviving segregation 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Nina Simone died in her home in France in 2003 at the age of 70 after devoting a lifetime to being a civil rights activist. Nina Simone’s Daughter Is 'Not Upset' at Zoe Saldana Over Biopic Role 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Greenside, whose biography positions him as “a civil rights activist, Vietnam War protester, anti-draft counselor … union leader and college professor,” bought a house in Brittany in 1991 on a whim. A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Labor union leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, who also attended the premiere as a guest, said the film touched on the important issue of educating children to be tomorrow’s adults. In 'Radical,' Eugenio Derbez plays a teacher who touches hearts in a tough Mexican town 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The Rev. Darryl Gray, who like Bush is a leading civil rights activist in St. Louis, said he saw Bush as an advocate for peace. War in the Middle East upends the dynamics of 2024 House Democratic primaries 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z When “Rustin,” a film about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin told with clarity and conviction, premiered a few weeks ago at the Telluride Film Festival, it received an enthusiastic reception, albeit on the polite side. Review: Colman Domingo brings the activism drama 'Rustin' to life, thrillingly so 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z In the aftermath of the protests, Rehman said, Iranian security forces arrested at least 576 civil rights activists ,including teachers and advocates from labor unions and minority groups. UN expert: Iran is unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z A Tennessee judge blocked the sign ban from being enforced after agreeing with civil rights activists that the prohibition likely violated free speech rights. ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat sues over expulsion and House rules that temporarily silenced him 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z After the incident the family's case was taken up by the campaign group, Sport Against Racism Ireland, which informed the American civil rights activist Professor Harry Edwards. Family in gymnastics racism row say apology is 'useless' 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Jones has also done specials examining the state of race relations from the perspectives of civil rights activists, religious leaders and law enforcement officials. Libertarian commentator Lawrence Jones joins Fox News morning show 'Fox & Friends' 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The latest Republican-drawn map drew swift objections from Black voters and civil rights activists. Alabama asks US Supreme Court to halt ruling blocking Republican-drawn voting map 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z In the early 1970s, while driving through Georgia, he spotted a billboard for Andrew Young, a civil rights activist and former aide to Martin Luther King Jr. who was running for Congress. Clarence Avant's political power: The 'Black Godfather' had the ear of three presidents 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Bernice King, the youngest daughter of the 1960s civil rights icon, attended along with civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton and other Black leaders. Biden hosts King family, civil rights leaders on 60th anniversary of March on Washington 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Labor leader and civil rights activist Yvonne Wheeler succeeds Ron Herrera, who stepped down from the Fed in October after his involvement in a racist recording. Rick Icaza, Southern California grocery union leader, dies at 89 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z As Harris pointed out in Orlando on Tuesday, having this many Black people in positions of authority is only possible because of civil rights activists, including those with the Black Lives Matter movement. Column: Black people presiding over the downfall of Donald Trump is poetic justice 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Bush, but angered civil rights activists and members of the commission itself for taking a stand against legal protections for gay people. Column: The story behind that Florida school curriculum that whitewashed slavery keeps getting worse 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z She went on to become a teacher and civil rights activist, and died in 2003. Biden to Name National Monument for Emmett Till and His Mother 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Throughout her life, Ms. Burks-Brooks often spoke publicly about her experience as a Freedom Rider and civil rights activist, and she frequently joined Mr. Arsenault when he gave civil rights tours and talks. Catherine Burks-Brooks, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies at 83 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton has for years been the most prominent civil rights activist. Jesse Jackson kept Martin Luther King’s dream — and hope — alive | Leonard Greene 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr. DeSantis’s approach to family issues appeals specifically to conservative Republicans and has been criticized by Democrats and civil rights activists. Ron DeSantis Is Young, Has Little Kids and Wants America to Know It 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Veteran Quaker writer and civil rights activist Chuck Fager doesn't believe Penn's legacy is all bad, but says he is horrified by the hijacking of Penn's anti-theocratic vision and legacy. "Unfriending" America: The Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z While waiting for fellow civil rights activist, the Rev. Abernathy, to return with a pack of Pall Malls, he collapses in the room in a coughing fit. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night on Earth imagined in clear-eyed 'Mountaintop' 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Evers-Williams has been a civil rights activist in her own right. 60 years after Medgar Evers’ murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z At the memorial for his brother, civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael told Stephen Schwerner it was the 17th funeral he had attended of people involved in the struggle. Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Outspoken civil rights activists, the brothers wanted to make a statement after King’s slaying, and the white, wealthy community of Broadmoor seemed an obvious spot to make it. Elmer Dixon’s ‘Die Standing’ is a portrait of a Seattle revolutionary 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The filing also alleged that in 2018 the CCP committee members used their "god credential" to "identify and locate the Hong Kong protesters, civil rights activists, and supporters of the protests". TikTok: ByteDance accused of helping China spy on Hong Kong activists 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been opposed for years by environmentalists and civil rights activists. Debt Deal Includes a Green Light for a Contentious Pipeline 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Venus Williams is helping to save the childhood home of music icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Venus Williams and artists are helping to restore Nina Simone's childhood home 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z They often accompanied their parents to see folk singers such as Pete Seeger and the Black civil rights activist Josh White. Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z But then she feels re-energized when encountering audiences who have never heard of figures like civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs or diver Sammy Lee, the first Asian American man to earn Olympic gold. ‘Cookie activist’ celebrates Asian Americans with portraits in dough 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z After that, there were smaller demonstrations by civil rights activists. TikTok: ByteDance accused of helping China spy on Hong Kong activists 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z NFL legend Jim Brown, who quit the game and became a successful Hollywood actor and influential civil rights activist, has died in Los Angeles at 87. Commentary: For all his accomplishments, NFL legend Jim Brown leaves a highly flawed legacy 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Jim Brown, the legendary American footballer who became a Hollywood star and civil rights activist, has died at the age of 87. Jim Brown: Legendary NFL running back dead at 87 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Opponents targeted two prominent civil rights activists who had been elected to represent their communities: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Julian Bond. Expert: US has long history of silencing Black officials and disenfranchising their constituents 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been opposed for years by environmentalists, civil rights activists and many Virginia Democrats. Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The prospect of five more years of Erdogan's rule will upset civil rights activists campaigning for reforms to undo the damage they say he has done to Turkey's democracy. Erdogan rival appeals to Turkish youth ahead of runoff vote 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The prospect of Erdogan's rule entering a third decade will disappoint civil rights activists. Analysis: Turkey's Erdogan cruising, challenger scrambling toward runoff election 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The prospect of Erdogan's rule entering a third decade will upset civil rights activists campaigning for reforms to undo the damage they say he has done to Turkey's democracy. Turkey faces election runoff, Erdogan seen with momentum 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Stained glass windows commemorate a visit by the civil rights activist Malcolm X and the toil of the Indian diaspora when they first arrived in the West Midlands, he said. The desi landlords helping to reshape British pub culture 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Environmentalists, civil rights activists and many Democratic state lawmakers have opposed the project for years. In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Till-Mobley was a civil rights activist for the rest of her life. Statue honoring Mamie Till-Mobley to be unveiled in Illinois 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “I never had a request like that before,” the musician and civil rights activist told Pitchfork in 2018. Harry Belafonte's music made 1988's 'Beetlejuice.' Here's how it happened 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Belafonte, who died Tuesday in New York, is being celebrated as a versatile entertainer and dedicated civil rights activist. For Angelenos like my parents, Harry Belafonte had one title: King of the Greek 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z “I am deeply sad at the loss of my very dear brother, the great Harry Belafonte. His artistic genius, moral courage and loving soul shall live forever.” — civil rights activist and scholar Cornel West. Entertainment, civil rights notables honor Harry Belafonte 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96. Hollywood remembers Harry Belafonte as a 'shining example of how to ... make change' 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z He was a passionate civil rights activist who struggled to end segregation and a close confidant of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Harry Belafonte obituary: Legendary singer, actor and civil rights activist 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z They source their pecans from New Communities, a 1,638-acre property near Albany that was once a slave plantation and is now owned by Black civil rights activists. Could employee ownership help narrow the racial wealth gap? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Yarl’s relatives and civil rights activists have also denounced Lester’s remarks to police about the fear the boy inspired in him. White man taken into custody in Kansas City shooting of Black teen 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z A mural of Black icon Paul Robeson — a 20th-century singer, actor and civil rights activist — was defaced in the U Street corridor Sunday night, witnesses said. D.C. mural of Black icon Paul Robeson defaced 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “We have lost the great Harry Belafonte-beautiful singer, brilliant and brave civil rights activist, a deeply moral and caring man. Miss you already Harry,” Farrow tweeted. Hollywood remembers Harry Belafonte as a 'shining example of how to ... make change' 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The two men’s return to office is not “resurrecting democracy,” said the Rev. Earle Fisher, a Memphis civil rights activist and senior pastor of Gifts of Abyssinian Baptist Church. In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The civil rights activist Malcolm X adopted “X” to replace the White enslaver’s last name imposed on his family. How ‘Latinx’ united — and divided — a community seeking to redefine itself 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The most glamorous event was a state banquet at the Ghanaian presidential palace known as the Jubilee House, where Black American celebrities, business people and civil rights activists gathered. Harris finds new connections in Africa as historic figure 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z In the mid-20th century, city leaders and civil rights activists negotiated a largely peaceful integration of the city’s public spaces. After School Shooting, Nashville Grieves and Ponders Its Divisions 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z She was hired by the U.S. attorney in Cedar Rapids on a recommendation from a civil rights activist Ms. Wright had worked with. A Retired Prosecutor’s Quest for Recognition 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z “The exchanges between American civil rights activists and the anti-colonial movement in South Asia mark a period of internationalism that has largely fallen away from mainstream consciousness,” Hazarika told Religion News Service in an email. ‘City of Faith’ exhibit celebrates South Asian religion in NYC 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Chicano civil rights activists commonly replaced “ch” with “x” — making Xicano instead of Chicano — as a nod to the Indigenous language Nahuatl in Mexico. How ‘Latinx’ united — and divided — a community seeking to redefine itself 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z But besides a posthumous pardon announced with its launch of renowned civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who died in 1987, only one other person has benefited so far. Newsom vowed to pardon LGBTQ Californians. Only one living person has benefited 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Woke along with “awake” became popular among African American civil rights activists in the early 1920s. Woke: One word, different definitions that divide Americans 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A middle-school teacher, who also requested anonymity, said he had to fight to give a lesson on Jesse Owens, the African-American Olympic-gold winning track star and civil rights activist. Florida's battle over how race is taught in schools 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z This past weekend's carefully choreographed Selma event featured elected officials and celebrity civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton that are part of the Democratic Party establishment. Biden sidelines potential primary rivals — and delights the party’s corporate wing 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Fifty years earlier, Lewis had been a young civil rights activist. Campus activists need perspective 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The Justice Department has sought to demonstrate to local residents that it will seek accountability, amid an outcry from civil rights activists that no one has been convicted of a crime in Taylor’s death. Louisville police engaged in pattern of misconduct, Justice Dept. finds 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Bertha Pitts Campbell, an early Seattle civil rights activist and founding member of Delta Sigma Theta, one of the largest African American sororities. It’s Women’s Day. Here are 20 important WA women you should know about 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z In Washington, she wrote feature stories about events including the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, a demonstration by civil rights activists seeking new federal programs for the impoverished. Bernadette Carey Smith, barrier-breaking reporter, dies at 83 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Irakli Pavlenishvili, a civil rights activist and opposition politician said: "The Russian legislation that now is proposed in parliament is against Georgia's national interests, against our European aspirations". Fistfight erupts in Georgia parliament over 'Russian-inspired' foreign agent law 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The visit to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday also is an opportunity for Biden to speak directly to the current generation of civil rights activists. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z With Republicans now in control of the House, Democrats and civil rights activists have little hope that the remaining pieces of Biden’s racial justice program will be politically feasible for the rest of his term. Student loan case could be another blow to Biden’s racial equity push 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The visit to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday also presents Biden with the opportunity to speak directly to the current generation of civil rights activists. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z During World War II, President Roosevelt — under pressure from civil rights activists — required factories to hire both white and Black workers. A New Child Care Mandate 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Charlotta Bass, civil rights activist and owner, publisher and editor of the California Eagle, which was also based out of South-Central, was a known visitor of the bookshop. 13 historical sites that made Central Avenue the cultural lifeline of South L.A. 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z They also urged Washington politicians visiting Selma not to sully the memories of the late civil rights activists John Lewis, Hosea Williams and others with empty platitudes. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The 1960s included the Vietnam War, riots, assassinations and murders of civil rights activists. The Phone in the Room 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z They also urged Washington politicians visiting Selma this weekend not to sully the memories of the late civil rights activists John Lewis, Hosea Williams and others with empty platitudes. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z A daughter of murdered black civil rights activist Malcolm X says she is suing New York City Police Department and other agencies for his 1965 murder. Malcolm X's family plan to sue FBI, CIA, NYPD for his death 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The evidence was indisputable, like those grainy TV images from the 1950s and ’60s of police officers spraying water hoses and siccing dogs on civil rights activists. Review | Is police brutality just part of the job? 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Lumumba also wanted to carry the legacy of his father, the civil rights activist and former mayor after whom he was named, in helping to restore dignity to the residents. The problems in the pipes Shouts of joy rang out from the packed courtroom, and several people — relatives, civil rights activists and others — stood to cheer. After 28 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Keisha Lance Bottoms, director of the White House office of public engagement, said Biden understands civil rights activists’ anger over the lack of progress. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z California’s correctional system is facing criticism over a policy barring officers from maintaining full beards, a rule that civil rights activists say is discriminatory against members of the Sikh faith and Black officers. Corrections officers should be able to grow their beards as long as they want, ACLU says 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Oscar De Priest, a civil rights activist from Chicago and the first Black congressman elected after Reconstruction, lived in this house during three terms in the U.S. LeDroit Park house on the market for just under $2 million 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z New College began as a private institution in 1960, an era when legislators in Florida were purging allegedly subversive civil rights activists, communists and gay people from state institutions. Inside the small liberal arts college that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to take over 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Alexander is a writer and civil rights activist known for her argument that modern-day mass incarceration is, in some respects, an extension of the systems of control established under slavery and segregation. Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z They also betrayed the civil rights activists who’ve been fighting to protect Black lives for more decades than I’ve been alive. Column: In comparing Tyre Nichols to Rodney King, we're missing this point about policing 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z It has named Ben Jealous, a civil rights activist, author, investor and nonprofit leader as its new executive director. The Sierra Club Tries to Move Past John Muir, George Floyd and #MeToo 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Carl Snowden, a longtime civil rights activist and the convener of the Caucus of African American Leaders, likened the expectations of the promise of Moore’s governance to those of Barack Obama’s presidency. For Black voters, great expectations of America’s lone Black governor 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z John Doar, class of 1944, provided legal support to the freedom riders and other civil rights activists in the early 1960s. Opinion | Princeton should add statues of civil rights pioneers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z In public appearances, Jackson has described herself as a “child of the ’70s,” whose parents were civil rights activists and educators. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is writing a memoir 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Historically, the F.B.I.’s most vocal critics have come from figures on the left, who have accused it of using heavy-handed tactics in investigating groups like trade unionists or civil rights activists. Republicans Step Up Attacks on F.B.I. as It Investigates Trump 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z In 2019, Arkansas officials decided to remove both of the state’s statues, replacing them with civil rights activist Daisy Bates and country musician Johnny Cash. Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? Scholars credit those images with galvanizing a generation of civil rights activists. Mass shootings reopen the debate over whether crime scene photos prompt change or trauma 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The account infuriated civil rights activists, who filed a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Troyer. Sheriff Found Not Guilty of Falsely Accusing Black Newspaper Carrier 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z And Tavorise Marks, a civil rights activist and former state House candidate, announced a run on social media. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin sets special election to fill Rep. Donald McEachin’s seat 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “It’s an issue of power,” said Harry Edwards, the sociologist and civil rights activist who has served as a consultant for the San Francisco 49ers since 1985. Perspective | Football is America. We shouldn’t be satisfied with either. Representative David Cicilline, a leading voice in Congress for gay rights, on Wednesday mounted a run for a Democratic leadership job, challenging Representative James Clyburn, a civil rights activist. U.S. Rep. Cicilline runs for spot in Democratic leadership, seeking LGBTQ representation 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z I’m the son of a civil rights activist. Gabe Klein, U.S. energy and transportation director, has 3 electric bikes 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z South L.A. put together an impromptu parade of mourning in June 1963, after civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in his own driveway in Mississippi. That time L.A. got jealous of Pasadena and started its own flowery parade 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z For years, opposition lawmakers and trade union and civil rights activists have been urging the government to abolish the PTA. Sri Lanka urged to drop charges and free 2 protest leaders 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Bridges’ family and civil rights activists said he was not armed, not resisting, did not pose a threat to the officer and was not involved in the carjacking. Kansas City to pay $5M after police killing of Black man 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The riots in Louisville, as it turned out, were exacerbated by misinformation about civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael's planned visit. Are we living in dystopia? Not even close — but let's learn from history this time 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The daughter of a civil rights activist and a Vietnam veteran, according to her website bio, she “was raised on red and green chili, elk meat, jazz, and Cat Stevens.” LA Vanguardia: The Latino innovators, instigators and power players breaking through barriers 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Dorothy Cordova is among the Seattle civil rights activists who have long advocated teaching ethnic studies to young students. Seattle Public Schools offers new Filipino American history class 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z A 1973 story profiles civil rights activist John Lewis as he patiently registers Southern Blacks to vote in the hopes of sending their own representatives to Congress. Review | This pathbreaking Black journalist offers a model in uncertain times 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Thomas’s focus on Black people as the victims of racial preferences have not convinced traditional civil rights activists and heroes. The most diverse Supreme Court ever confronts affirmative action 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The unveiling of the statue coincides with the release this month of “Till,” a movie focusing on Till-Mobley’s private trauma over her son’s death and her development into a civil rights activist. Community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The move, widely supported by jurisdictions, has disturbed some civil rights activists and Black riders in D.C. who recall past enforcement they said included disproportionate policing of stations in primarily Black communities. Metro makes case for funding as regional leaders point to federal government 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z At the time, some civil rights activists urged the riders not to go. When Segregationists Offered One-Way Tickets to Black Southerners 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The exaggerated biography that Mr. Biden tells includes having been a fierce civil rights activist who was repeatedly arrested. Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns that Often Unravel 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In 1969, Chase-Riboud began making her formative work “Malcolm X,” a series of 20 sculptural odes to the civil rights activist, who had been assassinated four years before. The Monumental Work and Life of Barbara Chase-Riboud 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Wilson, a Black pastor and civil rights activist new to town, began organizing protests calling out the indignities of being Black in Wrightsville. The Racial Divide Herschel Walker Couldn’t Outrun 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z At first blush, Tubman, a civil rights activist who famously and repeatedly broke the law, might seem an unlikely inspiration for today’s foreign intelligence officers. A statue of legendary spy Harriet Tubman now stands at the CIA 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “We’ve got the hopes of a continent on our shoulders, and we just need to live up to the promise of what we can be,” said Linda Kasonde, a Zambian lawyer and civil rights activist. Zambia and Its New President Are Still on Their Honeymoon 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Hall led a colorful early life as a civil rights activist and spent the bulk of her academic career at Rutgers University, where she taught Latin American history. This week’s passages 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Dr. Hall led a colorful early life as a civil rights activist and spent the bulk of her academic career at Rutgers University, where she taught Latin American history. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, Dies; Created a Database of Enslaved People 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Eventually they found partners who also recognized the importance of the house built by early civil rights activist Luther Judson Price. This Old House: Restoration honors Black Atlanta postmaster 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Hicks, 66, was on her way back from a vacation in the San Juan Islands with her partner, Spokane civil rights activist Sandy Williams, when the floatplane went down. Retired teacher, remembered as the dancer at every party, among floatplane crash victims 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Sandy Williams was a civil rights activist who founded a community center and Black newspaper in Spokane. The victims of the Whidbey Island floatplane crash 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z One passenger, Ms. Williams, a civil rights activist in Spokane, was on her way home after vacationing in the San Juan Islands, her brother Rick told The Spokesman-Review. Ten Victims Identified in Puget Sound Floatplane Crash 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z At a May Day parade in 1951 she met Haywood Hall, an American civil rights activist who went by the nom de guerre Harry Haywood. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, Dies; Created a Database of Enslaved People 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Unlike the civil rights activists of the 1960s, they did not proudly march into jails, certain of the rightness of their cause, eager to use the moment to explain what they had done and why. Opinion | Why I’ve stopped fearing America is headed for civil war 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Also aboard the plane, according to The Spokesman-Review, was Spokane civil rights activist Sandy Williams, 60, who founded a community center and Black newspaper in that city. All 10 aboard floatplane presumed dead after crash near Whidbey Island 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Yet, nearly 60 years later, Robinson and civil rights activists say those gains are being eroded. New congressional maps dilute Black power, critics say 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z All along, he was a confidant of Barry, a civil rights activist and city council member who became mayor in 1979. James Gibson, D.C. city planner and Barry adviser, dies at 88 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The African American community had, at the outset of the war, forged some promising relationships with the Roosevelt administration through civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet” of African American advisors. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In recognition of the fact that southern states would delay school integration for as long as possible, civil rights activists urged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z For years, Facebook has faced criticism from civil rights activists, politicians and academics that it wasn’t doing enough to fight racism and discriminatory content on its platform. Facebook bans hate speech but still makes money from white supremacists 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z He went to Mississippi after civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered and worked with Evers’ brother, Charles, to open an integrated basketball camp in Jackson. This week’s passages 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z He challenged racist fans in Boston and refused to merely offer respect when it wasn’t earned and hosted integrated basketball camps in Mississippi following the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Commentary: NBA needs to honor Bill Russell's legacy by retiring his No. 6 uniform leaguewide 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The approaching centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation spawned the slogan “Free by ’63” among civil rights activists. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Russell died at 88, leaving behind a sprawling legacy of greatness as a player, coach, civil rights activist and humanitarian. Perspective | Bill Russell made America better by demanding better from America 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Here is the Los Angeles Times’ obituary on a legendary athlete, social justice warrior and civil rights activist. Photos: Bill Russell through the years 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Bethune was a civil rights activist, a presidential adviser and the founder of the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which became Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Capitol statue collection gets first Black American, replacing Confederate 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Virginia has decided to replace Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with civil rights leader Barbara Johns, and Arkansas will honor civil rights activist Daisy Bates. Opinion | A new and much-needed source of inspiration arrives in the Capitol 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Other gatherings of civil rights activists ended tragically, and some demonstrations were intended to provoke a hostile response from White people and thus reveal the inhumanity of the Jim Crow laws and their supporters. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Increasingly, it appeared as though Angola was turning into a dictatorship, with opposition politicians, civil rights activists and journalists persecuted and even killed. Angola’s José Eduardo dos Santos: The flawed 'architect of peace' 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Biden honored Fred Gray, one of the first Black members of the Alabama legislature since Reconstruction and an attorney who represented civil rights activists such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Biden honors 17 people with Presidential Medal of Freedom 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z She was a civil rights activist and helped start the United Negro College Fund before her death in 1955. Capitol statue collection gets first Black American, replacing Confederate 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z In a city then led by two civil rights activists — David Clarke as chairman of the D.C. Perspective | A war without end: The DAR and the 40-year fight to honor Lena Ferguson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Rejecting the nonviolent strategy of other civil rights activists, he maintained that violence in the face of violence was appropriate. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Charles Williams II, a Detroit pastor and civil rights activist, said accountability is overdue in Flint. EXPLAINER: Years later, Flint water court fight drags on 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The fatal shooting of the white teenager had drawn the attention of civil rights activists nationally who said the killing highlighted the need for interracial support for police reforms. Lawsuit filed over deputy’s fatal shooting of Arkansas teen 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, named after the late civil rights activist who represented Georgia in the U.S. New York passes landmark voting rights legislation 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Images of his mutilated body shocked the country and galvanized civil rights activists. Podcast: An ‘Emmett Till moment’ for guns? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The announcement comes amid mounting demands from Black state lawmakers and civil rights activists that the federal government intervene. Justice Dept. to probe La. police over alleged abuse of Black suspects 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Jackson, a longtime civil rights activist and former presidential candidate, said the recall campaign was part of a Republican campaign to stop that movement. California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Her parents’ friends were union and civil rights activists. How Karen Bass went from South L.A. activist to mayoral hopeful 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z That includes Anniston, Ala., a majority-Black city with a history of racism, where a White mob once bombed a bus carrying civil rights activists and where New Flyer manufactures buses. Labor leaders hail bus maker pact to hire more women, minority workers 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Researchers, civil rights activists and former employees say the social media company isn’t prepared for the challenge of removing and preventing the spread of election-related misinformation this year, Naomi Nix reports. Analysis | How the GOP assault on social media flipped net neutrality on its head 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In Memphis, Dexter Banks, the son of civil rights activists, said that overt racism and White nationalism is being tolerated even more by mainstream Americans of all backgrounds — particularly White Americans. Poll: Black Americans fear more racist attacks after Buffalo shooting 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Three years later, in 1987, a small group of local and Atlanta-based civil rights activists, led by Hosea Williams, boarded buses from Atlanta for Forsyth County to mark the 75th anniversary of the Black expulsion. Racists Once Terrorized This Georgia County. Diversity Made It Prosper. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Massey, the civil rights activist, was extremely close to her two remaining siblings, even living on the same street as them. Buffalo shooting suspect was investigated for earlier threat 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s hard to reconcile my mother’s legacy — Westinghouse Science Talent Search finalist, civil rights activist, lifelong feminist, insistent eccentric, devoted parent — with her rapid, horrible decline. A Writer Returns to the Grand Canyon, This Time With His Mother’s Ashes 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The case specifically centered on Benjamin Elton Cox, a civil rights activist who was convicted of disturbing the peace after organizing a thousands-strong march outside of a Baton Rouge courthouse. Republicans want Supreme Court demonstrators arrested. Is that legal? 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The son of imprisoned Hong Kong civil rights activist Jimmy Lai will receive an honorary degree on his father’s behalf at The Catholic University of America this weekend. Jimmy Lai, imprisoned Hong Kong activist, to receive honorary degree 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Following the deaths of several Black Americans by law enforcement officials, some Democrats and civil rights activists have urged cutting police budgets. Biden to meet with mayors, police chiefs on Friday 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The 20-year-old university student and civil rights activist stood in line for five hours to cast his vote for Ms. Robredo. Marcos Win Prompts Protests in the Philippines 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z He later represented the government of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, civil rights activist Julian Bond, anti-Vietnam War protest leader Benjamin Spock and Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg. Kathy Boudin, Weather Underground outlaw, dies at 78 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z She became known as a civil rights activist in Savannah, where the Savannah College of Art and Design now has an art museum named for her. Savannah foundation saves home Black artist used as museum 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The union has cited civil rights activists’ concerns that Clear had helped ICE detain immigrants and separate families not accused of any crime. Thomson Reuters to review contracts, including for database used to track immigrants 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Some experts say a more visible police presence would help to deter crime and make people feel safer, while civil rights activists worry about draconian policing. Metro will deploy more police to buses, trains amid crime concerns 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker said he will not give up the case, despite calls by civil rights activists to recuse himself. Police union backs officer in Patrick Lyoya killing 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z They both marched with labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. Delle Bohrman, screenwriter and wife of Los Angeles TV host, dies 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Nixon shouted, echoing a phrase used by the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis. Florida Black lawmakers protest DeSantis’ congressional map 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Board members, however, killed the proposal after multiple protests in streets and stations led by civil rights activists, who said the policy gave the police force too much unchecked power. Crime is rising on subways across the country, experts say 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Henderson, who was born in Southwest Washington, went on to become a teacher, coach, civil rights activist and author. The ‘father of Black basketball’ transformed a White-dominated sport 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z As civil rights activist Alec Karakatsanis noted, however, this is "a unique mass shooting event by a lone gunman," and has little relationship to "the kinds of daily crime stories" that paper usually covers. Media blows New York subway shooting story 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z All the major civil rights activists of that period spent time at Highlander, engaged in that training and trained other people as well. To renew democracy we need big dreams: Why utopian visions are necessary 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z The committee called witnesses including high school students in Pennsylvania and Washington; librarians, teachers and parents from Pennsylvania and Virginia; and Ruby Bridges, the civil rights activist and author. More books are banned than ever before, as Congress takes on the issue 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z So on the one hand, Abdul-Jabbar clearly considers himself as coming from this long line of powerful civil rights activists who are also athletes at the top of their professional sports. Why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the most misunderstood player in Lakers history 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “We’re talking about someone who brought basketball to D.C., but he was also a civil rights activist, an accomplished author.” The ‘father of Black basketball’ transformed a White-dominated sport 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Jackson regularly speaks of the motivating power of faith and prayer — whether in a high school commencement address or a speech on the deep faith of civil rights activists. Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Brittain’s killing has drawn the attention of national civil rights activists, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, who eulogized the teenager last year. Prosecutors rest case against deputy in teen’s killing 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z A Black teenager whose forceful arrest along Ocean City’s boardwalk last summer was captured in a viral video, eliciting outrage from civil rights activists and concern from state officials, was acquitted of most charges Friday. Teen shot with Taser along Ocean City boardwalk acquitted of most-serious charges 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, celebrities, public officials and civil rights activists flooded social media with messages of support for Smollett. Jussie Smollett sentencing: Kim Foxx says 'kangaroo prosecution' led to actor's punishment 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Buckley may not have been able to "stop" the civil rights activists he loathed so much, but his Republican descendants are intent on hiding the fact that the movement for civil rights ever happened. Republicans aren't content to just "stop" history — they want to erase decades of progress entirely 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Sanders’ death is one of the prominent cases in Kansas City involving Black people cited by civil rights activists when pushing for changes to the Police Department. Family of Black man shot by Kansas City police sues for $10M 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Meaders’s collection inhabits her livable space: This bust of the civil rights activist Rosa Parks sits on her kitchen shelves. The Staten Island House Where Black History Lives 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The White Episcopal seminarian — who had grown up in a White New England town and graduated from the segregated Virginia Military Institute — was an unlikely civil rights activist. VMI’s civil rights hero: How a White valedictorian saved a Black teen’s life in 1965 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Looking through the glass, I could easily imagine what happened when civil rights activists took a seat at the counter. Louisiana Civil Rights Trail marks a long road to equality 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Spencer was a great American poet of the Harlem Renaissance, a civil rights activist and a passionate gardener. 5 Black innovators who changed the plant world 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity presents an online discussion with local writer and civil rights activist Erin Jones at 7 p.m. A celebration of everything local at Pike Place Market, plus other fun things to do around Seattle 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Brown is a civil rights activist who reportedly participated in 2020 racial justice demonstrations. Louisville activist arrested for attempted murder of mayoral candidate pushed socialism, gun control 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Brown, a civil rights activist, is a former intern and editorial columnist for The Courier Journal, the Louisville newspaper reported. Council candidate accused of trying to kill would-be mayor 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Decades have passed since civil rights activists desegregated lunch counters across the Jim Crow South and a landmark federal voting rights act went into law. Racial unity still a focus years after N.C. church merger 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Lawyer, scholar, professor and civil rights activist, Mr. Kamisar did groundbreaking work central to the Supreme Court’s redefinition of the law regarding confessions in Miranda v. Opinion | What the father of the Miranda warning can teach us about modern police reform debates 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z A trailblazing Black opera star and civil rights activist is celebrated in “Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands” on a new “American Masters.” What’s on TV This Week: The Winter Olympics, ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Inventing Anna’ and more 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The initiative was the product of a partnership between philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington, the legendary educator and civil rights activist. In Maryland, a segregated school is one of many in the country to be preserved 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z “I can’t even tell you how many fundraisers, how many interventions that we’ve had to do to help civil rights activists who could not afford their light bill,” said Brown, 51. Open Society Foundations announces grants to help Black activists make their work more sustainable 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Democrats and civil rights activists had asserted that the new map ensures Republicans will win a majority of the state's 14 congressional districts, even in elections in which more Democratic voters cast ballots. North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down new congressional maps 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z They also said the reports of missing women highlighted "a pattern of arbitrary arrests and detentions", as well as torture and mistreatment of civil rights activists, journalists and former government officials in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Female activist latest to be 'arrested' by Taliban after protests 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail’s first marker went up in May 2021 at Dooky Chase’s restaurant in New Orleans, where civil rights activists found a safe meeting space when segregation was still state law. Louisiana unveiling 2 new Civil Rights Trail markers 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Tolliver had with him a lawn sign with a photo of military veteran and civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was assassinated in 1963 by a member of Mississippi’s White Citizens Council. Column: They never thought they'd see a Black president, or another assault on voting rights 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The two men met one evening at the home of William G. Anderson, an African American physician and leader of civil rights activists who formed what was known as the Albany Movement. Israel Dresner, rabbi who fought for civil rights, dies at 92 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z The botched raid and the city’s handling of it prompted anger from clergy, lawmakers and civil rights activists who decried it as racist and an affront to a Black woman’s dignity. Woman in botched police raid: Money won’t `right this wrong’ 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Berlusconi’s conflicts of interest, judicial problems and past behavior made him less than an excellent candidate, said Emma Bonino, a veteran Italian politician and civil rights activist who once ran for the office herself. Silvio Berlusconi Angles for Italy’s Presidency, Bunga Bunga and All 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z But Cruz’s lawyer, Charles J. Cooper, said the senator was following in the footsteps of civil rights activists who have violated laws to prove in court they were unconstitutional. Supreme Court seems likely to side with Sen. Ted Cruz in campaign finance case 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z As we spoke, President Biden’s failed attempts to push voting rights protections through Congress had drawn criticism from some civil rights activists, and the U.S. Column: They never thought they'd see a Black president, or another assault on voting rights 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z At another point, Biden grew heated as he insisted that he was not labeling opponents of the voting rights initiatives as Bull Connor, the notorious Southern sheriff who persecuted, and physically attacked, civil rights activists. Biden ramps up criticism of GOP in news conference marking his first year 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Prominent civil rights activists boycotted his voting rights speech in Atlanta this past week, which they said was too little and too late. Opinion | Biden’s year of hard lessons 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The NFL said it was working with one of its Inspire Change social justice grant partners, The King Center and CEO Dr. Bernie King, to honor the civil rights activist icon. NFL to honor Martin Luther King Jr during NFC wild-card playoff game 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z His father, Henry, was a bellhop who later became head of transportation for Cleveland Trust, one of Ohio’s largest banks; his mother, Mahala Ashley Dickerson, was a longtime friend of civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Chris Dickerson, champion bodybuilder and first Black Mr. America, dies at 82 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The first quarters feature writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who is also now the first Black woman to appear on a U.S. quarter. Perspective | How a teenager got more women of color added to history lessons in one of the country’s largest school systems 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z See the Jan. 6 “Candorville” strip by Darrin Bell, who likely introduced many readers to Hazel Scott, a talented and committed singer and jazz pianist who also was a civil rights activist. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The most important mission of public libraries today 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Angelou, an author, poet and civil rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of her autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1969. U.S. Mint sends out first quarters honoring poet Maya Angelou 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Few people see themselves as the moral equivalent of Connor, the segregationist head of Alabama public safety who loosed the dogs and opened fire hoses on civil rights activists. Perspective | Exhausting Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Many civil rights activists are frustrated that Biden has not pushed harder to protect the vote, and some stayed away from the president’s visit. Biden calls for changing the filibuster in major voting rights speech 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z But some civil rights activists, uninterested in another speech, don’t want to hear it. Voting rights groups worry Biden’s Ga. speech comes too late 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The case, many civil rights activists said, represented a landmark victory against racism in the criminal justice system. Three white men sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Descendants of Homer Plessy like to say that he was a civil rights activist before most people in Louisiana were familiar with such a term. With a Pardon, Homer Plessy’s Record Is Clear, but a Painful Legacy Endures 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Originally from El Salvador, Sánchez said she was imprisoned and tortured in her home country for being transgender and a civil rights activist. Should police arrest sex workers for standing around? Thorny question lands on Newsom's desk 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z The trip will include curated museum tours and a reception with guest speakers, among whom may be authors, historians and civil rights activists. Alexandria plans pilgrimage to Montgomery, Ala., to honor its lynching victims 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z "We used those food distributions and the long lines to try to get people to respond to the census," recalled Bobby Fuse, a civil rights activist. The Georgia way: how to win elections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z “A great, influential elder is now an eternal, witnessing ancestor,” Rev. Bernice King, the youngest child of the civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., tweeted. ‘A True South African Giant’: Tributes for Desmond Tutu, a Force for Harmony 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z OAKLAND, Calif. — This spring, Black political leaders and civil rights activists delivered a message to Asian Americans: We stand with you. In Fight Against Violence, Asian and Black Activists Struggle to Agree 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Two Iranian lawyers and a civil rights activist were among a group organizing a legal challenge to Iran’s top leader and the government over their disastrous handling of the pandemic. ‘Health Defenders’ Jailed in Iran Wanted to Sue Supreme Leader Over Covid 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The exam room was named for poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. This doctor commutes 800 miles to provide abortion services in underserved communities 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Through an effort dubbed the counterintelligence program, the government treated peaceful civil rights activists as terrorists and trampled their constitutional rights. U.S. must address threat of domestic terrorism with greater urgency 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z "This is an injury to his personal reputation, to his career and his soul," said Davis, whose sister is civil rights activist Angela Davis. Jussie Smollett trial: Actor also fighting battle in the court of public opinion 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Supporters of such a step cite China’s poor record on human rights as justification, saying China is using the games to whitewash its ill treatment of civil rights activists, political dissidents and ethnic minorities. China attacks potential US diplomatic boycott of Olympics 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The lawyers were recruited by local civil rights activists who feared that, as a Black man accused of killing a white man, Mr. Gordon wouldn’t receive a fair trial. He Says He’s No Murderer. That’s Why He’s Still in Prison. 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Still, some civil rights activists fear that any changes to Section 230, including those targeting algorithmic amplification, could cause more harm than good. Frances Haugen is kicking Congress into gear on 230 reform 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z On Wednesday morning Ugandan troops and vehicles were seen crossing into Congo at the Nobili border post for the second day, a local resident and civil rights activist said. Hundreds of Ugandan troops cross into Congo as offensive widens 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “A modern-day lynching” was the description of civil rights activists who helped to make Arbery’s killing a flash point of the Black Lives Matter movement. Opinion | Justice is served with guilty verdicts for the three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Eric Terrell, a veteran civil rights activist and vice president of the National Action Network, said the verdicts will only help Black Americans feel somewhat better about the fairness of the justice system. Relief, optimism and acknowledgment that work remains after jury convicts 3 of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Viola Liuzzo, a white civil rights activist who participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, was shot and killed by KKK members. 2 trials, 1 theme: White men taking law into their own hands 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Gough even had the temerity to compare Black civil rights activists to the heads of organized crime. Perspective | Ahmaud Arbery and the death of optimism 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The plaza where the Obama Presidential Center is located will be renamed for the civil rights activist. Bezos gives $100 million to Obama Foundation, nonprofit’s largest single gift 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Indeed, Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist who attended the White House signing ceremony for the infrastructure bill, warned that Biden was approaching “the red zone” with Black voters. Biden’s political standing fuels Democratic worry about 2024 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The Rev. William J. Barber II, a civil rights activist, told CNN that it was “a good and powerful day,” but also a complicated one. Relief, optimism and acknowledgment that work remains after jury convicts 3 of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The civil rights activist and leader Fannie Lou Hamer spoke truth to power with an authenticity that makes her words, her actions and even her singing seem to have immediate appeal to us. Review | What Fannie Lou Hamer can teach today’s activists 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Named for the late civil rights activist and congressman, the legislation would restore state voting requirements to prohibit racial discrimination that the U.S. Key Democrat unlikely to budge on filibuster reform - Washington Post 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Prominent civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton said the "outrageous and dangerous" verdict will encourage vigilantes to use violence to assert their power. Kyle Rittenhouse: Calls for calm after US teen cleared of murder 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Some civil rights activists saw a racial double standard in the way the white gunman was treated. Kyle Rittenhouse cleared of all charges in Kenosha shootings 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Fueled by reports of mold, rodents and floods in residence halls, the protests gained wide attention and support, including from civil rights activists, politicians and Howard alumni. ‘We won’: Howard protesters reach deal with university and end month-long occupation 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The civil rights activist’s visit upset Bryan’s attorney, Gough, who told the judge he believed Sharpton was trying to influence the jury. Arbery trial: Grim photos, police testimony dominate Week 1 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z The botched raid, first reported by WBBM-TV, and the city’s handling of it prompted anger from clergy, lawmakers and civil rights activists who decried it as racist and an affront to a Black woman’s dignity. Agency calls for Chicago police firings in botched 2019 raid 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Citizen Ashe Documentary about tennis great and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe. Virtually every movie coming to theaters and major streamers this holiday season 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z US civil rights activist Claudette Colvin, who in 1955 at the age of 15 refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person, is seeking to have her criminal record expunged. Claudette Colvin: US civil rights pioneer wants record cleared 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z In our series of letters from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene looks at plans to build a state-of-the-art complex in Ghana to honour the pioneering US black civil rights activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. Ghana’s role in honouring a US civil rights hero 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z An official of the then-new United Nations, Bunche went on to have a stellar career as a diplomat, nonpareil international troubleshooter and civil rights activist. Op-Ed: Did the vandals who scrawled an anti-Israel slogan in UCLA's Bunche Hall know the history? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Those issues, economists and civil rights activists say, drive households to riskier financial establishments, where interest rates and fees are significantly higher. USPS is trying out a new business, which could transform how millions access cash and pay bills 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z There was “no justification” for opening fire when no one in the car appeared to be armed, civil rights activist Najee Ali said at the news conference. Questions grow over Long Beach school officer shooting of 18-year-old woman 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Desmond Meade, 54, Orlando, Florida, civil rights activist working to restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated citizens and remove barriers to their full participation in civic life. 25 MacArthur fellows awarded $625,000 in ‘genius grants’ 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z During the Medicaid assistance program discussion, Clyburn acknowledged that ambition had to be scaled back, comparing this drive to how civil rights activists won new laws on voting, employment and housing over many years. Analysis | Top Democrats want to expand health care access. But they need to find a way to do it. 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z “He said on election night: Black America, you had my back, I’ll have yours,” civil rights activist Al Sharpton said in a Thursday phone interview. Black Democrats outraged with Biden over Haiti deportations, policy failures 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The removal marked a major victory for civil rights activists, whose previous calls to dismantle the statues had been steadfastly rebuked by city and state officials alike. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Besieged by increasingly specific demands for racial justice by Black civil rights activists, white leaders eagerly seized upon the model minority narrative as a strategy for tamping down those demands. Column: Larry Elder and the danger of the 'model minority' candidate 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z His appearance at the game, first reported by WBRZ-TV, drew criticism from civil rights activists who accused Louisiana Tech of overlooking the severity of the allegations Clary faces. Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was written in 1900 by civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson as a poem that his brother set to music. 'Black national anthem' makes its debut at the NFL 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “As a native of Richmond, I want to say that the head of the snake has been removed,” said Gary Flowers, a Black radio show host and civil rights activist at the scene. Virginia Removes Robert E. Lee Statue From State Capital 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The plaza in front of Arthur Ashe Stadium features a statue of the tournament’s 1968 victor and civil rights activist, for whom the 24,000-seat venue is named. At the U.S. Open, the absence of Americans is historic — and a long time coming 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z For 2 hours and 44 minutes in front of 11,278 fans, the Pirates became the ideal of what civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King preached. Pirates in MLB’s 1st minority lineup honored 50 years later 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The United States and its Western allies scrambled to save citizens of their own countries as well as translators, local embassy staff, civil rights activists, journalists and other Afghans vulnerable to reprisals. Last U.S. forces leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But he told The Associated Press last week that Jacqueline, also a civil rights activist, had not been vaccinated because she has a “preexisting condition” that worried them. Jesse Jackson’s wife out of ICU, still on oxygen for COVID 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Parker, a lifelong civil rights activist, bequeathed her estate to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. but failed to stipulate where her remains should rest. 54 Years Late, Dorothy Parker Finally Gets a Tombstone 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Jackson told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Jacqueline, also a civil rights activist, has not been vaccinated. Jesse Jackson moves to rehab hospital, wife in ICU for COVID 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z But some civil rights activists and educational leaders are pushing back in favor of programs that teach about the founding promise of the United States, rather than victimhood and "racial grievance." 1776 Unites member blasts critical race theory but warns about 1619 Project too 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Judge Roberts was easily confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate despite pleas from Mr. Lewis and other civil rights activists. As Democrats Renew Voting Rights Push, Offsetting Roberts Court Is Top of Mind 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z “Bubbles,” a picture book with illustrations by Eric Marlow, was released in 1972 by Drum and Spear Press, a Washington publishing house founded by former civil rights activists of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Eloise Greenfield, author whose picture books uplifted Black children, dies at 92 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z And a civil rights activist in the Bronx said he grew suspicious when he heard last year that politicians were prioritizing minority neighborhoods for coronavirus vaccinations. Why Only 28 Percent of Young Black New Yorkers Are Vaccinated 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z On Tuesday evening, the Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist, met with New York City leaders at the National Action Network, then had a Wednesday-morning call with leaders from upstate New York. The Abandonment of Andrew Cuomo: Unions, Party Leaders and Deep Allies 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z But a year after the event, prosecutors in Monroe County have now also charged Mr Booker - a civil rights activist - with felony assault and misdemeanour trespassing over the same incident. Vauhxx Booker: Black man condemns charges over alleged race attack 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The long-time civil rights activist claimed that opposition to CRT is a misguided “kerfuffle” since it is primarily taught in “specialized law school classes.” Al Sharpton: Critical race theory supporters must ‘rise up,’ face ‘cowards’ at school board meetings 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z She penned biographies of celebrated African Americans including civil rights activist Rosa Parks, educator and women’s rights advocate Mary McLeod Bethune and entertainer Paul Robeson. Eloise Greenfield, author whose picture books uplifted Black children, dies at 92 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Historians have spent decades trying to piece together the lives of early civil rights activists like Clark. How a forgotten Black activist fueled a California city's racial reckoning 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark, the daughter of a runaway slave, was a 19th century Rosa Parks, an early civil rights activist whose work was largely forgotten. How we got the story of Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark and her courageous, unsung life 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Lives Lived: Bob Moses gained a reputation for extraordinary calm in the face of violence as he helped register voters and trained a generation of civil rights activists in Mississippi in the early 1960s. Breakthrough Covid, in Perspective 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a ceremony to award Veteran American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson with the Legion of Honour at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 19, 2021. France's Macron targeted in project Pegasus spyware case - Le Monde 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “These national leaders cannot make any agreement with you,” she told Kennedy, according to a published account about female civil rights activists, “Hands on the Freedom Plow.” Gloria Richardson, fiery civil rights activist in Maryland showdown, dies at 99 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z He was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that had the greatest impact on the movement. Biden, Harris: Protect voting rights to honor John Lewis 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Dean’s death sparked protests by civil rights activists who accused authorities of failing to aggressively investigate and prosecute a politically well-connected white man suspected of preying on Black men. Ed Buck is cast as deadly predator as overdose trial opens 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z His father, an attorney, and his grandfather, a civil rights activist who knew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., were politically active; one became a state representative and the other a county commissioner. Sixkiller, Randall, Langlie face a tall task in running for mayor, but aren’t short on ideas 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Last week, a group of civil rights activists met with President Joe Biden about the issue and publicly called on the White House afterward to get more involved. Left-leaning groups pressure Schumer to act on voting bill 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z On June 29 unidentified people beat to death a young civil rights activist in the city of Ejura, police told local media. Hundreds of Ghana opposition supporters march in protest at killings 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Near the beginning of the book, Kennedy is shocked and bewildered when a civil rights activist says he would not willingly defend his country in wartime. Review | Robert Kennedy’s path from son of privilege to civil rights ally 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z In the fall of 1962, accepting an invitation from civil rights activist Evers, he went down to Jackson, Miss., to speak at voter registration rallies and in a sense never went back. Dick Gregory was a top comic. He gave it up to do what was right 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z In a news conference, civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton noted the sentence was the longest for a police officer in Minnesota history but was shorter than what was appropriate. Chauvin sentence leaves some disappointed: 'We got justice but not enough justice' 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Jesse Jackson introduced the latter song, recalling it was Martin Luther King’s favorite and how the civil rights activist mentioned it moments before he was assassinated. Review: 'Summer of Soul': A rousing musical and cultural revolution, now finally seen 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z “Everybody” explores the biographies of visual artists, novelists, psychologists, feminists and civil rights activists who have tried, in various ways, to be free. Review | What counts as freedom — and how do we get there? 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Sullivan reminds us that many civil rights activists were initially skeptical of Kennedy. Review | Robert Kennedy’s path from son of privilege to civil rights ally 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z This year, Angelenos have a long list of diverse, real-life events to choose from, from remembrances of an early civil rights activist to community parades and rallies to celebrations involving music, food and drink. Hikes, food, music and more. Here are 25 Juneteenth events happening around L.A. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Ultimately police, the bus company manager and a civil rights activist, the Rev. T.J. Martha White dies, sparked ’53 Louisiana capital bus boycott 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Early in 1961, the Freedom Riders — civil rights activists who were testing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling outlawing segregation in interstate travel — encountered violence almost from the moment they entered Alabama. John Patterson, Alabama governor who embodied Southern defiance to civil rights, dies at 99 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Gunnar is at the Southeast Washington home that his grandfather, longtime civil rights activist Howard Croft, inhabited for nearly 40 years before being killed by the worst pandemic in a century. What the pandemic has stolen from Black America 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Its lawyers made their bones by defending the free speech rights of labor organizers and civil rights activists, the Nation of Islam and the Ku Klux Klan. Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the ACLU Faces an Identity Crisis 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Something similar happened when conservatives called for a boycott of Nike after it released an ad featuring the quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. Opinion | Cancel Culture Works. We Wouldn’t Have Marriage Equality Without It. 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Journalists, civil rights activists and whistleblowers told the court a broad reading could diminish the ability to expose wrongdoing. Supreme Court narrows anti-hacking law, worries about criminalizing common behavior 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Walmart shareholders shot down employee safety and wage initiatives on Wednesday despite a prominent civil rights activist’s insistence that the retailer has a responsibility to “uplift the voices” of employees living in poverty. Civil rights leader Barber presses Walmart to ‘uplift’ employees during shareholders meeting 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z “We have today in the United States, cheek by jowl, Prosperity and Depression,” the author and civil rights activist W.E.B. In visions of post-pandemic life, Roaring ’20s beckon again 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Vivian was 95 when he died July 17 in Atlanta — the same day that his friend and fellow civil rights activist U.S. Mississippi city honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z A federal civil rights investigation is underway in this case, and some civil rights activists are pushing for the Justice Department to launch a pattern and practice review of law enforcement in Pasquotank County. Opinion | The closure of a state probe can’t be the end of investigating how officers killed Andrew Brown Jr. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Who Ms. Wiley is, she said in an interview, is the daughter of civil rights activists who will fight to make the city more fair. Maya Wiley Has ‘50 Ideas’ and One Goal: To Make History as Mayor 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z In a statement on Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, a prominent North Carolina civil rights activist, called for a “pattern and practice review of law enforcement in Pasquotank County.” North Carolina Prosecutor Calls Shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. Justified 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z “I think they should have just moved forward,” said Nekima Levy Armstrong, a lawyer and prominent civil rights activist in Minneapolis. Judge Delays Trial for Other Officers Charged in Killing of George Floyd 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Girls from feuding neighborhoods in Southeast were taken to historical sites throughout the South and got to meet civil rights activists. Perspective | Alexis Hawkins got expelled from high school. Last week she got her law degree. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z George’s story is seared in the minds and hearts of civil rights activists. South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exonerated 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z At the event in Central Park, Ms. Steinem spoke about working with Ms. Wiley’s father, George Wiley, a prominent civil rights activist, in the 1970s. Maya Wiley Has ‘50 Ideas’ and One Goal: To Make History as Mayor 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “Maya Wiley, I see a civil rights activist. Ray? Successful businessman. Dianne Morales, I see her commitment to fighting against injustice.” Eric Adams Says He Has Something to Prove. Becoming Mayor Might Help. 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z He first learned about Georgia’s law from civil rights activists who told him about their inability to get the attention of Georgia-based companies. How two Black CEOs got corporate America to pay attention to voting rights 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z She noted that civil rights activist Rosa Parks practiced yoga with her niece and nephew as a way of self-care, while Parks was living in Detroit. In a time of stress, Black people look to yoga for healing 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Yet the temporary successes of civil rights activists in gaining new laws was no guarantee of equal treatment. Review | America’s forgotten civil rights movement 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Some prominent civil rights activists have strenuously objected to menthol cigarette bans, concerned that a ban would spawn a black market for menthol-flavored tobacco products and increase overly aggressive policing in Black neighborhoods. FDA weighs ban on menthol cigarettes, which disproportionately addict — and kill — Black Americans 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Democrats and civil rights activists, meanwhile, said they would push to pass legislation by the first anniversary of Floyd’s death on May 25. Chauvin verdict injects a fresh jolt of momentum into police overhaul efforts 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z French lawmakers support bill that expands police powers: The French Parliament passed a security bill to extend police powers despite criticism from civil rights activists, who fear it threatens efforts to denounce police abuse. World Digest: April 15, 2021 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The killing set off days of protests and unrest in the little city, as civil rights activists and thousands of demonstrators demanded justice and police accountability. Daunte Wright, slain by police, known as jokester, young dad 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Though Democrats, Republicans, police unions and civil rights activists agree that U.S. policing must change, there still appears to be no immediate path to broad national reform, activists say. Biden police reform pledge faces limits of presidential power 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z It was the culmination of decades of work by civil rights activists, who celebrated Tuesday’s vote along with Mayor Quinton Lucas and other city officials. Kansas City approves naming street for Martin Luther King 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z This resulted in heartfelt moments of reconciliation and deepened understanding — as when Gentry proudly introduced Powell to her teenage daughter, a budding civil rights activist — but it also stirred discord. He was half of 'the most famous argument' in reality TV history. And he was right 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Barely 30, she was already a fierce civil rights activist, raised by sharecroppers who had instilled in her an unwavering sense of right and wrong. Environmental-justice activists keep fighting to stop pollution in U.S. communities of color 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Ben Crump, a lawyer for Mr. Floyd’s family, left, and the civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, right, kneeling outside the courthouse on Monday. On the Scene: Week 1 of the Trial of Derek Chauvin 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z He is a leading civil rights activist and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, a nonprofit modeled on Martin Luther King Jr.’s organizing work. Faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z The manuscript contained the lurid claim that the sitting president, Dwight Eisenhower, was a communist and that past presidents, the CIA and civil rights activists were all secretly controlled by a global communist conspiracy. William F. Buckley and the Birchers: A myth, a history lesson and a moral 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The group held a banner depicting Harris across the pedestal as a way of honoring the bishop, a longtime civil rights activist who died last year. Four Confederate statues once stood as Baltimore landmarks. Now their pedestals stand ready to send new messages. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Her path was shaped by her immigrant parents, a childhood among civil rights activists, a career at the helm of a flawed criminal justice system and her rapid rise to the top of American politics. Kamala Harris: What to know about America's first female vice president 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Some longtime civil rights activists have been critical of the police, but they have also criticized the way that supporters of the defund movement have tried to effect change. Ten Months After George Floyd’s Death, Minneapolis Residents Are at War Over Policing 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z But some civil rights activists argued that Biden is not doing enough beyond his impassioned rhetoric to ensure the passage of a federal voting protection law. Biden attacks new Georgia voting law as ‘Jim Crow’ 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Robinson might be celebrated for his Hall of Fame baseball career, but he also was a dedicated civil rights activist. Commentary: Why MLB should consider moving the 2021 All-Star game from Atlanta 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The field to replace Mr. Richmond is 15 strong and includes the Baton Rouge-based civil rights activist Gary Chambers Jr., who has developed a following in the state capital. Louisiana House Race Sets Up a Democratic Showdown in New Orleans 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z On social media, Asian Americans and civil rights activists were quick to criticize Baker’s description of the suspected mass killer. Jay Baker, sheriff's spokesman in Atlanta-area spa shootings, criticized for anti-Chinese posts 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Also gathered in Charlottesville were civil rights activists who sought to support the city’s resolve in removing the statue, and to press for further reforms aimed at dismantling institutional white supremacy. How ‘Good’ Social Movements Can Triumph over ‘Bad’ Ones 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z She was a civil rights activist, attorney, east side advocate and former Jackson County and Kansas City lawmaker who died last month. Fish farm offers hope, health to needy Kansas City families 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Today’s Birthdays: Politician, diplomat and civil rights activist Andrew Young is 89. Today in History 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z News’ Skullduggery podcast, the Tennessee Democrat said the effort is getting a fresh look after the release of a new movie highlighting the FBI’s secret program to discredit civil rights activists. Democrats renew calls to remove J. Edgar Hoover’s name from FBI building 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z A group of women also staged a protest after vandals defaced a mural portraying famous women such as U.S. civil rights activist Rosa Parks and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo on the outskirts of Madrid. Thousands of women protest in Spain demanding equal rights 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z In this encounter between white nationalists and civil rights activists, there were undoubtedly good individuals and bad individuals on both sides. How ‘Good’ Social Movements Can Triumph over ‘Bad’ Ones 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z As a civil rights activist, I marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and in the years since, I’ve organized with many others for welfare rights and housing justice in D.C. Opinion | There can be no racial equity in D.C. when Black and Brown families are being displaced 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z After the couple had their ceremony, they headed up the street to be officially married by Episcopal priest the Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Casson, a prominent civil rights activist they felt honored to include. What do Sen. Carper and a museum have in common? A wedding 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z I read with great interest the Feb. 25 Metro article “A fourth-grade class marks history,” commemorating Barbara Johns, the civil rights activist whose work led to the desegregation of the Prince Edward County public schools. Opinion | Dig deeper on ‘massive resistance’ 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z In their unstinting and graphic depiction of the singer’s drug addiction and harrowing early life, however, Daniels and Parks endeavor to position her as a survivor and pioneering civil rights activist, not a victim. Review: Andra Day burns hot and cool as jazz great in 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Black farmers and civil rights activists pioneered the model in the US in 1969, forming what is widely considered the nation’s first CLT: New Communities. 'We're trying to re-create the lives we had': the Somali migrants who became Maine farmers 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z So when Keaney taught the students about Barbara Johns, a Black civil rights activist who led a student strike for equal education in Prince Edward County that eventually became part of Brown v. A civil rights hero lacked a historical marker. Then a class of Virginia fourth-graders spoke up. 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z At the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta, Democratic lawmakers joined civil rights activists to mark the anniversary. Memorials, lawsuit mark death anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z He will also appeal to civil rights activists who criticized his thin resume on social justice issues and pressed Mr. Biden to nominate an attorney general with a stronger record on racial issues. Merrick Garland decries ‘heinous’ Capitol riot, vows to oversee prosecutions if confirmed as AG 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Webber said he has leaned on mentors such as sociologist and civil rights activist Harry Edwards for support and wisdom. Morehouse’s new online athlete-activism course has a teacher with experience: Chris Webber 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z On Feb. 21, 1965, minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam. Today in History 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Another time, Limbaugh asked his audience, "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" while discussing the Black civil rights activist and politician. Lame Limbaugh obits: Mainstream media fawns over a toxic bigot who poisoned our politics 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z In another instance, while on a tirade about black civil rights activists, Limbaugh asked his audience, "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" Rush Limbaugh's death causes Trump to break his Fox News fast 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z He drew strong criticism for his use of racial stereotypes on his show, including once claiming that all newspaper composite images of wanted criminals looked like civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson. Rush Limbaugh, provocative US radio host, dies aged 70 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The docuspecial “The March on Washington: Keepers of the Dream” salutes the civil rights activists who are following in the footsteps of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 10 p.m. What’s on TV This Week: 'Kenan,' 'Young Rock' and more 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Like the several elder civil rights activists from the 1960s whom I have met in recent years, Frank was not full of himself, nor was he someone with alien ideas hellbent on destroying America. Historical course correction 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z We were saddened last week to learn of the death of Victor “Vic” Johnson Jr., a well-known civil rights activist and educator. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Campbell was also in a briefing at which Biden and Harris discussed their legislative priorities with civil rights activists. Civil rights leaders say they won’t let up on Biden — or Harris 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z |
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