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Sidelines 100: MTSU celebrates past, future with Black History Month
17 Sep 2025 02:45 GMT
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MTSU participated heavily in the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s as … known for being a main leader of the Klu Klux Klan … celebration of black history, speaker Jesse Jackson Jr. will visit April 6 …
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The PuLSE Institute, led by Attorney Tina Patterson, Hosts Dr. Bernard LaFayette at Civil Rights Leadership Dinner
13 Aug 2025 05:15 GMT
… and Policy, opened the Inaugural Civil Rights Leadership Dinner, titled, “Celebrating … passage of landmark civil rights legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 … to work for King, including civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Days before the …
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Sleeping giants awake: Target boycotts and the legacy of civil rights leader Leon H. Sullivan
26 Jul 2025 20:40 GMT
… H. Sullivan, the iconic civil rights leader and social justice activist, once said. “It … businesses, Minnesota activists, led by civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong, launched … grow out of the civil rights movement.”
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who rose to …
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Politics remains on the menu at Busboys and Poets after 20 years
15 Sep 2025 23:38 GMT
… roots in the nation’s Civil Rights Movement. He smiles as he … Giovanni to musician Chuck Brown, Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson and U.S. Rep. John …
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Former Cowboys tight end, Pettis Norman, who was also Civil Rights advocate in the 1960s dies at 86
11 Jul 2025 06:47 GMT
… Dallas Cowboys player and civil rights advocate Pettis Norman died … Community. Norman became a leader for change and was a … such as those of Rev. Jesse Jackson.
“1984, I ran for … Dallas Cowboys player and civil rights advocate Pettis Norman died earlier …
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Quietly Explores Comeback Bid
07 Jul 2025 16:55 GMT
“Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is quietly exploring a … .
“Jackson — the son of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and the brother of …
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Juneteenth playlist: 25 songs of civil rights
20 Jun 2025 02:43 GMT
… contemporary artists doing traditional Civil Rights-era freedom songs (with … fabric as a song leader at the Highlander Folk … she sang. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who introduced her as … in Jackson, Mississippi, of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. The song was …
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Black History Under Fire? Smithsonian Says Reports That It Removed Historic Civil Rights Artifacts From Museum Are False
28 Apr 2025 22:33 GMT
… a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed … fuel to the fire, civil rights activist Rev. Amos Brown told … Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson.
Brown said he had … objects belonging to a civil rights leader were recently sent back …
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Civil rights leader says artifacts have been removed from Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History
27 Apr 2025 04:05 GMT
A historic book and bible have been removed, there are concerns about a lunch counter from the sit-in movement being next.
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution has begun quietly removing some artifacts from the National Museum of African American …
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History Today: How Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated and its lasting impact on the civil rights movement
04 Apr 2025 06:12 GMT
… including Jesse Jackson, who had been part of the civil rights movement from … from the body of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King … States had lost a leader whose message of peace, … legislative changes, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which …
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