A crowd of 5,000 civil rights demonstrators swarmed on State Street on July 10, 1966 after a rally at Soldier Field where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke. King led the march and pinned a list of demands on the town hall door.…
Posted: 07/15/2021 / 6:32 PM EDT / Updated: 7/15/2021 / 11:25 PM EDT
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Public Library's (ACPL) new gallery exhibit focuses on theCivil…
In 1960, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in bus stations, train stations and airports was illegal under the Interstate Commerce Act. (The Boynton v Virginia case stems from an incident in 1958 when Howard University law…
It seems that African American men who worked tirelessly to reverse the status of the "invisible man" (a term coined by Ralph Ellison) have found ways to keep women in the leadership of the Church as invisible as possible.
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If you've ever wondered what role the people of Nutmeg State played in ending segregation in America, you can now learn a lot about it in the Connecticut Historical Society exhibit, Connecticut Freedom Workers: Remembering the…
A free concert by American folk singer Chris Vallillo will take place on Monday, July 19, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in room 206 of the administration building of the Madison County Courthouse.The concert, oh freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights…
A free concert by American folk singer Chris Vallillo will take place on Monday, July 19, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in room 206 of the administration building of the Madison County Courthouse.The concert, oh freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights…