Memorial

The predominantly white neighborhood I live in is lined with tall, moss-covered trees that began their rise to heaven before the Montgomery bus boycott kicked off the civil rights movement before it was legal for blacks like me to live…

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…

COLOMBIA - Sixty years ago, around 200 mostly black demonstrators gathered at the SC Statehouse to protest against segregation. Another 200 to 300 people were observed from the periphery.The young people…

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 in honor of the late civil rights giants WSET

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…

A bronze plaque with Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson can now be seen among other honored heroes in the Civil Rights Memorial in front of Victorville City Hall.Robinson broke the major league baseball color barrier in April 1947 when…

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…

One of Calvin C. Goode's sons, Vernon…

On Wednesday there will be a memorial service for Dr. T. Allen Bethel, a longtime pastor and civil rights activist in Portland.The celebration of life and heritage for the pastor who pastored Maranatha Church in northeast Portland for 26…