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(The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit source of news, analysis, and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) As the organizer of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, Bob Moses…

By Marian Wright EdelmanAs a teenager, many of Barbara John's wildest fantasies revolved around a surprising topic: a new school. “My imagination ran wild - and I dreamed that a powerful man with great fortune would…

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WAVE) - After 112 murders in less than seven months, a prominent civil rights activist appealed to unity to stop the runaway gun violence in Louisville."I want us to stop pointing fingers," said Reverend Charles…

Rhode Island civil rights activist Clifford R. Montiero speaks with Boston Globe reporter Edward Fitzpatrick while taping the Rhode Island Report podcast.Carlos MunozPROVIDENCE - Rhode Island civil rights icon, Clifford R. Montiero,…

PINE BELT, miss. (WDAM) - Wednesday afternoon, a group of students and teachers, mostly from California, met the Dahmer family while on a civil rights tour of the south. Jeff Steinberg founded the 'Sojourn to the Past' tour to provide a…

Moses avoided the limelight all his life, but it came nonetheless at times during the first half of the 1960s. As the architect of the Freedom Summer 1964, Moses embodied one of the most hopeful and enduring slogans of the Student…

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The National Civil Rights Museum is celebrating its 30th anniversary as the first museum of its kind to showcase American civil rights history.The NCRM opened its doors on July 4, 1991, and on the occasion of its…

Closed for decades, it looks more like an urban corruption than a beacon of Birmingham's civil rights legacy. But change is underway at the historic AG Gaston Motel, which will soon be a centerpiece of the ever-evolving Birmingham Civil…

CHATHAM, Virginia - On Monday, July 26th, the Pittsylvania County Board of Directors celebrated the renaming of Chatham South Bridge on US Highway 29 to the Clyde Banks Memorial Bridge.Banks was a noted…