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‘Fear of a Socialist America’: Research on Black radicals featured at historians conference
24 Apr 2024 17:53 GMT
… Griffin, known today as the “Rosa Parks of Iowa…a name I … all but erased her…radical activist past and membership in the … prominent figure in Iowa’s activist community well into the 1970s …
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Sanders, U.S. House speaker, US Senate majority leader will be among speakers at unveiling of Daisy Bates statue at US Capitol
23 Apr 2024 02:13 GMT
… unveiling of the statue of civil rights leader Daisy Bates at the … played a role in the civil rights movement throughout her life, notably … also includes a statue of Rosa Parks, which was not given to …
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The Met makes mistakes - stopping a Jewish man crossing a road isn't one of them
22 Apr 2024 21:01 GMT
… Falter as a modern-day Rosa Parks, an ordinary citizen who has … fundamental abrogation of Falter’s human rights? Or is it any different … , you may say, so did Rosa Parks when she refused to give …
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Bates statue to be unveiled at U.S. Capitol next month
22 Apr 2024 20:49 GMT
… Davis and across from fellow civil rights leader Rosa Parks. Daisy Bates will be …
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New poems trace the timeline of racial justice
22 Apr 2024 16:40 GMT
… has continued to be an activist for racial justice. How about … history: Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Eric Garner. But … Black girls, the murder of Civil Rights workers, the victims of anti …
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Wyndham Rewards Unveils Finalists for Gillespie Wall Mural Honoring Greensboro Six
22 Apr 2024 13:14 GMT
… an artist to help honor civil rights pioneers The Greensboro Six has …
In 1955, one week after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to …
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Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
21 Apr 2024 13:22 GMT
… was also the birthplace of Rosa Parks.
Close to 90% of … on a segregated bus before Rosa Parks.
Moore says it… by postal worker and civil rights activist William Lewis Moore, who … marker that describes how civil rights activist William Lewis Moore died …
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Jamaican Danette Mahabeer-Turner: Honored at NAACP Banquet in Kentucky
21 Apr 2024 02:11 GMT
… the Paducah-McCracken County’s Rosa Parks: Power of One Banquet, which … Danette Mahabeer-Turner with her Rosa Parks Power of One Award, presented … -McCracken County NAACP. Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, advocated for …
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April’s International Black Women’s History Month
20 Apr 2024 18:39 GMT
… , defiant seat-taker Rosa Parks, and racial justice activist/journalist Ida … December 12th Movement, the international human rights organization.
Known as a … contributions to various fields, including civil rights, literature, science, politics, and …
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Medal of Honor Recipient, Special Forces Colonel Ralph Puckett To Lie in State in the Capitol Rotunda
20 Apr 2024 13:00 GMT
… from World War II, and civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
In addition to the … from World War II, and civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
In addition to the …