Howard College Names Legislation Library in Honor of Civil Rights Activist Vernon Jordan
The Howard University Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of President Wayne AI Frederick, announces its unanimous decision to…
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Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee To Honor four Civil Rights Icons
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…
Bloody Sunday memorial will honor civil rights giants together with late Rep. John Lewis
John Lewis timeline of a good troublemaker John Lewis was known as the good troublemaker and conscience of Congress. SELMA, Ala. (AP) - - This year's commemoration of a pivotal moment in the struggle for the right to vote for African…
Bloody Sunday memorial to honor late civil rights giants – WSET
Bloody Sunday Memorial in honor of the late civil rights giants WSET
Bloody Sunday memorial to honor late civil rights giants
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - This year's commemoration of a pivotal moment in the struggle for the right to vote for African Americans will honor four civil rights giants who lost their lives in 2020, including the…
Biden and Harris Households Maintain Nationwide Second of Silence to Honor 500,000 People Who Have…
US Senator Ted Cruz is under fire again, this time for traveling to Washington DC to attend the Judicial Committee's confirmation hearing of Biden's Attorney General's election of Merrick Garland, and also for his questioning. The Texas…
DeSantis Orders Flags Lowered to Honor ‘Legend’ Rush Limbaugh – Who Reveled in Deaths of…
US Representative Madison CawthornThe North Carolina Republican has been criticized for anti-Catholic bias - and ridiculed for ignorance - after attacking the Vatican over its new rule requiring all employees to be vaccinated against…
Sewell lends assist for Medal of Freedom for Fred Grey, urges Biden to honor civil rights lawyer
U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, urged President Biden to bestow the Medal of Honor on Alabama 90-year-old civil rights attorney Fred Gray, and called the personal attorney for Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and other…
Selma declares annual honor for civil rights activist Reese
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - A city in Alabama will honor a prominent civil rights activist by naming him a day.Selma City Council has decided to declare that March 15 will be FD Reese Day in the city from now on, the Selma Times Journal reported.…
Harris County Regulation Library Renamed To Honor Civil Rights Chief
Press release from Harris County:February 10, 2021The Harris County Commissioners Court passed an order tabled by Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, under the direction of Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, to rename the…