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Our Lives Lost series remembers loved ones who died in the pandemic. You can share an obituary on someone special to you by filling out the form at the end of this story. Elaine Hayes was so energetic that…

Sarah Moore Greene was one of the most influential civil rights activists and community leaders in Knoxville. A career educator, she touched hundreds of lives directly through her teaching and later still as a civil rights activist,…

W.S. McIntosh making remarks on the steps of Dayton City Hall in photo dated Aug. 2, 1962. DAYTON DAILY NEWS / WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES Marching along West Third Street in a pouring rain Feb. 25, 1961, he…

Art Hall was considered by many to be the "greatest runner of all time" on Staten Island and was a pioneer in several ways.The Harlem native moved to Staten Island in 1970, where he rewrote the course of local history - burning the local…

LANSING, me. (WLNS) It's time to think about something new this year called Women Build on Wednesdays. The Women Build Program of the Habitat for Humanity Capital Region promotes the participation of women in the construction and…

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that Barbara Rose Johns, a civil rights pioneer, would represent the Commonwealth in the U.S. Capitol's Statue Hall Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A statue of black civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who played a key role in desegregating the public school system, will be erected in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Monday to replace one of the leaders of the…

A statue of civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who played a key role in desegregating the public school system, will be erected in the U.S. Capitol on Monday to replace one of Robert E Lee, a leader in the pro slavery confederation.Johns…