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Adrian Miller, the author of Black Smoke: African American and the United States by Barbecue, recalls how holidays like Juneteenth always meant celebrating with food for his family. “We went to the public festivities in the Five Points…

Edison High recently celebrated the completion of a stunning campus mural depicting figures from the 1960s civil rights movement. 17-year-old graduate Logan Dunn used his talents to create 63 square feet of wall space on the…

The man best known for popularizing the term “black power” always replied with the words “Ready for Revolution”.Stokely Carmichael answered the phone in this manner to recognize his role in the sacred…

Comment from Peniel E. Joseph The man best known for popularizing the term “black power” always replied with the words “Ready for Revolution”. Stokely Carmichael answered the phone in this manner to recognize his role in the…

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Bernice A. King, together with the children of the late civil rights activist Rev. CT Vivian and US Representative John Lewis, broke the voter suppression laws that came into force since the 2020 elections. (Photo: Bernice A. King,…

This weekend marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the peaceful march of more than 500 demonstrators who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, where they were subjected to brutal violence by Alabama state troops…

JACKSON, Tenn. - A new exhibition commemorates a group of activists who helped change Jackson forever. Woolworth Store stool on display at Jackson City Hall. A crowd gathered at City Hall - where the old Woolworth Store once stood - to…

Tubbs digs and honors these traditions on the mothers and rightly notes that it is impossible to grasp the king's relationship with the black church without first understanding "the basis of Alberta's unwavering faith in the Lord." Alberta…

FLINT, MI - A mural on the north side of town showing the Rev. Martin Luther Jr. walking arm in arm with civil rights leaders and activists, including the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, in Selma, Alabama is complete and ready for…