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Leslie May’s lifetime of advocacy: From civil rights protests to Antioch community reform
She marched with civil rights movement leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez, her advocacy beginning when ...
In the US, DEI is under attack. But under a different name, it might live on
Since assuming office in January, Donald Trump has aggressively sought to "terminate DEI" and "restore merit-based ...
Men reunite 60 years after working at Woolworth together in the early 1960s
Two men who worked at F.W. Woolworth together during the Civil Rights Movement met again Friday for the first time since the ...
Opinion
A play about Tampa’s 1960 sit-ins means more now than ever | Column
“When the Righteous Triumph” debuted at Stageworks Theatre in 2023. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis was in the audience. Davis, who’d been the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in 2006, is the ...
Trump tries to impose the red-state social agenda onto blue states that have rejected it
Across a wide range of issues, President Donald Trump is seeking to impose the restrictive social agenda that has spread ...
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A historic journey of “good trouble”: Civil rights activism in Houston and beyond
In the 1960s, a wave of non-violent resistance surged across the United States as college students took a stand for civil ...
The Mercury4d
Book tells the story of civil rights efforts in Pottstown
Plan called upon every organization in town, “from the Chamber of Commerce to the Cub Scouts,” to come up with “one project, ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian4d
‘To Sir, with Love’ defies racial norms of the 1960s
Poitier set the stage for the racial politics of film to further develop and for Black stereotypes and tropes to be quashed.
Medcalf: Landmark St. Paul play showcases Civil Rights Movement’s hero’s fight for equal pay
Little Rock, 1942,” a play written by Newby and Jim Lundy will run for one night only at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Landmark ...
The danger of censoring DEI conversations in education
Staff Writer Clara Celedon argues that censoring DEI discourse stifles progress and open discussions must continue in ...
The Washington Informer5d
A Labor Movement to the Mountaintop: ‘I Am a Man’ Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968
Discover the transformative journey of the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, led by the 'I Am a Man' slogan. Learn about its impact on social justice.