U.S. memorials honor civil rights hero Rosa Parks
A bill commemorating the parks protest is the central feature of Rapid Transit Station plaza in the West End Dallas Area in Dallas. (© Alpha Stock / Alamy)A new Rosa Parks sculpture was erected at…
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Civil rights chief Howard dies days after bridge honor | Information
Services for local civil rights icon Robert "Bobby" Howard will begin Thursday afternoon at Social Circle City Cemetery.Howard died Thursday, days after Social Circle paid homage to him by naming the Robert…
MLK in CT Memorial to Be Unveiled Monday in Honor of Civil Rights Chief – NBC Connecticut
Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. worked on the tobacco farms along Firetown Road in Simsbury for two summers, and many historians argue that the time he was in Connecticut as a teenager influenced his life.On Monday, the…
Phoenix to honor late civil rights icon Calvin C. Goode
PHOENIX - Phoenix City officials, residents, and prominent members of the Black Community will be honoring late civil rights icon, city guide and longtime Arizona resident, Calvin Coolidge Goode, over the coming weeks.Goode died on December…
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed needs to honor Civil Rights lawyer Fred Grey
Fred Gray has long been part of the civil rights movement. When he was only 24, he helped defend Rosa Parks After she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, it sparked the bus boycott and the start of…
Bowdoin to honor Dr. Fauci, civil rights leaders, astronaut
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) - Dr. NASA's Anthony Fauci and Jessica Meir are among four people to receive honorary degrees from Bowdoin College.The director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases and the astronaut from…