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Many took to Twitter on Sunday to celebrate the birthday of the late Congressman John Lewis and urged lawmakers to pass a voting bill that would honor his legacy.Lewis, who died of cancer on July 17, 2020 in Atlanta, would have turned 81.…

MACON - Dr. William D. Anderson, president of the Albany Movement, a coalition of activists including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph David Abernathy who campaigned for an end to segregation in…

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) - Sunday, February 21, it will be 56 years since civil rights icon and activist Malcolm X was assassinated.Born Malcolm Little joined the Nation…

Thurgood Marshall, the great-grandson of a slave, became the first judge on the Black Supreme Court in 1967, but his struggle for civil rights began long before he rose to the highest court. Marshall was born in Baltimore in 1908 and grew…

Kojo For Kids welcomes Ruby Bridges to the show on Monday, February 15th at 12:30 p.m. Listen live by streaming the show on this page or tune in to 88.5 FM in the Washington, DC area. Children can call 800-433-8850 with questions.Ruby…

A biography of the pioneering gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin is in development at Netflix, the streaming giant announced on Thursday.George C. Wolfe ("Ma Rainey's Black Bottom") will direct the film and Dustin Lance Black will…

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Civil rights activist Joanne Bland urged young people to keep fighting until there was no more arguing during her talk, Bloody Sunday: Memories of a Civil Rights Prodigy.The program was organized through a partnership…

From Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire The Chavis Chronicles start the new year with their debut on WORLD, the 24/7 full-service multicast channel that includes non-fiction, science and news programs typical of…

Rev. James Lawson speaks to Dream Summer students. UCLA photo From Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN - Follow Black Lives Matter to Advocate Civil Rights, a 92-year-old Methodist pastor said during a recently streamed program from the local…

Stephen Lovekin / GettyCicely Tyson's legacy in arts and entertainment feels infinite - as if she has always been there and always will be. Tyson, an almost divine figure for generations of fans, peers and students who died on January 28…