As Election Day approaches, columnist Mike Daly reflects on the Civil Rights Movement that was grounded in securing voting ...
The Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in 2021, he is remembered as one of King's most ...
A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in ...
The story of Rosa Parks has long been misrepresented and sanitized. Now it's also under threat of erasure. We correct the ...
Eight years after Parks’ death, on February 27, 2013, a statue of Parks was installed inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller, pivotal figures who fought for justice and inspired change ...
The boycott ended on August 28 1963 when the company lifted its colour bar, the same day as King’s March on Washington speech ...
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Lionel Richie opened up about growing up during the civil rights movement in an interview with The Guardian on Oct. 4.
Lionel Richie recalls his upbringing during the civil rights era, revealing how his parents prevented him from joining the ...