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Andrew Cuomo, Democratic Governor of New York Refuses to step down amid growing allegations of sexual misconduct, amid his government hiding coronavirus death toll in retirement homes and dozens of state and national Democrats urging him to…

SHUT DOWN Early civil rights leader Harry T. Moore was killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1951 on the night of his 25th wedding anniversary. Florida todayClarence Rowe, who used his…

Six days before the first FD Reese day, the city of Selma will hold two ceremonies in honor of the late civil rights leader.Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Reese was born in Selma in 1929. He was an educator, minister, and civil rights activist,…

Your legacy lives on! Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 on a farm near Maysville, South Carolina. WomensHistory.org Reports. She was one of 17 children of Samuel and Patsy McLeod, former…

SALISBURY - Last week, on the 60th anniversary of the day she was one of 191 students arrested and jailed for peaceful protest in Columbia, South Carolina, DeeDee Wright returned to where she was once handcuffed and…

SAN ANTONIO - The head of a national veterans civil rights group formed to protect Mexican Americans from discrimination has been added to a commission tasked with developing a plan to remove Confederate names, monuments and symbols from…

A memorial on Tuesday will commemorate the life of American civil rights activist, confidante of the president and corporate pioneer Vernon Jordan. Jordan died on March 1st at the age of 85. He was a leading advocate…

As someone who kept covering Vernon Jordan for several decades, I remember defying simple labels. You had to get to know him. There was a lot to know about him.His oversized personality, courtly manner,…

When Westboro Baptist Church began preaching hate, Bill Beachy responded with love and the Love Your Neighbor program. “Bill was an activist; He wanted to call people together and he wanted people to have their voices, ”said Jim…