The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
Coretta Scott King is often remembered as a devoted wife and mother, yet she was also a committed activist in her own right.
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Books on protest movements of the civil rights era for adults and children
Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...
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Civil rights advocates march down Brooklyn Bridge in remembrance of ‘Bloody Sunday’
On Sunday, March 9, civil rights leaders gathered at the City Hall steps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Edmund Pettus.
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The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support ... satisfaction of seeing a Mississippi Negro woman like Fannie Lou Hamer emerge as a leader, or that meeting in Canton yesterday.
These 125 Influential Women Will Inspire You To Crush Your Goals
Related: Ignite Your Inner Fire With These 125 Empowering Quotes From Some Of The Strongest Women In History Doris Burke, ...
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Disrupted
Dirden is an actor and director who has appeared in TV shows like The Americans and plays like the Tony Award-winning All The Way (he played Martin Luther King Jr. alongside Bryan Cranston as ...
Medcalf: St. Paul play highlights life of Black woman who fought for equal pay
As he stumbled upon the subject of his next script, Terry Newby also made an important admission. “I had never heard,” the lawyer and playwright said earlier this week, “of Susie Morris.” But that’s ...