Seabrook resident reflects on his time with MLK, the Civil Rights Movement and Selma
John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.
How a central Illinois reverend helped shape American civil and voting rights
The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...
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Books on protest movements of the civil rights era for adults and children
Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...
National Civil Rights Museum and Unite Memphis Announce Next-Level Partnership
The National Civil Rights Museum and Unite Memphis today announced a new partnership to amplify the message and movement of ...
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Arlington seeking local sculptors to create public art honoring the Civil Rights Movement
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965. A housing developer and a local artist group in Arlington are partnering to commemorate the Civil Rights Movement with plans for a sculpture. A new ...
At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
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The Truth of a Love Supreme
The album was recorded in 1964, the height of the Civil Rights Movement and the same year Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize. Listening to it now, it’s hard not to make that ...
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Black History Month: Shaw alumnus Forbes recalls heady days of civil rights era, visit from MLK Jr.
Forbes was a 20-year-old sophomore when Shaw hosted students and civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., from across ... work with leaders of the movement.