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The Georgia branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans says plans for the exhibit at Memorial Hall violate state law.
Over the past 25 years the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation has been working to restore the home and turn it into a ...
Following the Black Lives Matter Memorial Garden's removal from Cal Anderson Park, a new garden will come to Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Memorial Park.
The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First Amendment.
After a Florida man was acquitted in 2013 of killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, a local minister and longtime civil rights leader helped lead a forum for the Black community at his northeast ...
Civil rights activists are pushing for a memorial marker for Margaret Vinegar, a 14-year-old Black girl who in 1882 was imprisoned on claims she lured her White rapist into a robbery.
Bobby Grier, who served as a captain in the Air Force and blazed a trail on the field at Pitt during the civil rights movement, was laid to rest at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Over 150 people joined community leaders Wednesday morning for the ribbon cutting and dedication of Isom Clemon Civil Rights Memorial Park in downtown Mobile. “This park ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Dedication ceremonies are set for tomorrow for a new park in Mobile. It’s the Isom Clemon Civil Rights Memorial Park located at 520 Dr. Martin Luther King Ave. City ...
The Rev. Lee Cooper, Jr. gives the altar call at the Sept. 6 Community and Civil Celebration for Rev. John A. Reed Jr., community activist, civil rights leader and longtime pastor of Fairview ...