Civil rights icon Dave Dennis to discuss 1964 Freedom Summer at LSU Shreveport
Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...
Historic figures cut from military websites while others are restored following ‘DEI’ ban
Doris Miller, the first Black sailor to earn a Navy Cross, is one of many from marginalized backgrounds whose contributions ...
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Mourners remember Hazel Dukes, civil rights icon and former NAACP NY president, at funeral service
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Community members came together to remember the legacy of civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes during her celebration of life service on Wednesday. From everyday New ...
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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was a Yogi: ‘She was often taking care of herself’
The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet ...
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Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges to speak in Long Beach on Wednesday
During the era when civil rights came to the forefront of America, her journey to school that first day was met with an angry mob of white Southerners who shouted, catcalled and threw things.
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Civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Dukes memorialized by political leaders
Before the service, a variety of boldfaced names shared their feelings and memories about the New York civil rights icon. “She and I have gone to jail together, and to the White House together ...