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R.I.P: Timuel Black, Chicago Civil Rights Activist & Historian, Dies At 102

It saddens us to reveal that Chicago's own Timuel Black, a longtime civil right activist and respected historian, has died…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Judge Matthew Perry, Jr.

Matthew James Perry Jr. first made history by becoming the first federally-appointed judge from the Deep South in 1976. Three…
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Spelman Student’s ‘An Appeal for Human Rights’ Still Valid 60 Years Later

ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty years have passed since Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to a segregated South and channeled…
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Little Known Black History Fact: James Forman’s Black Manifesto

The late James Forman, a former leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, introduced his “Black Manifesto” document in April…
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Feds Investigate Mississippi Prisons After String Of Deaths

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Mississippi prison system after a…
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Little Known Black History Fact: “Letter From A Birmingham Jail”

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for his fiery speeches, including his  most famous: “I Have a…
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Belafonte Recalls Horne’s Activism As Solange Is Honored

NEW YORK (AP) — Lena Horne was a fierce advocate for civil rights in her later years, but that part…
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Alabama Unveils Statue Of Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on…
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Roland Martin: The First Civil Rights Act

In just 9 days Byron Allen, head of Entertainment Studios,  will be headed to supreme court to argue a case…
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Police Officer Retires After Far-Right Group Ties Revealed

A Connecticut police officer has retired after a civil rights organization raised concerns about his membership in a far-right group…
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Arkansas Lawmaker, Civil Rights Attorney John Walker Dies

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — John Walker, an Arkansas lawmaker and civil rights attorney who represented black students in a…
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‘Voices of Alabama’ Highlights Civil Rights History [WATCH]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new project is highlighting some of the places in Alabama that played a role in…
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