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Honoring Heroes: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Leaders, pastors and community members gathered to honor heroes of the Civil Rights Movement in celebration of Dr. Martin ...
AAUW hosting event on women's suffrage movement
While African American women didn’t receive the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 — giving the right to white women — African American women played integral roles from the ...
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MLK Day celebration highlights women’s legacy in the Civil Rights Movement
Evanston residents celebrated women’s role in the Civil Rights Movement at an event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...
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Juan Williams details 2nd civil rights movement in ‘New Prize for These Eyes’
In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book ...
Abingdon event honors contributions of women to civil rights movement
Organizations across the region commemorated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. over the weekend, with one event in ...
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U.S. Resolves Civil Rights Inquiry Into Illinois Deputy’s Killing of Black Woman
an unarmed Black woman who had called 911 because she had thought a prowler was outside her home. Still, as part of an agreement that ended the department’s civil rights investigation into the ...
Jimmy Carter Lived Out Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream, MLK's Daughter Says
MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight ...
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Pay attention: There’s a second civil rights movement
The first civil rights movement was about getting Black people out of the back of ... Vice President Kamala Harris, was a woman. Trump played into sexist stereotypes by calling her “dumb ...