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What's in a name? In Nashville, plenty of hate and racist history | Opinion
Nashville should remember the dark elements of its past. But when naming streets and schools, it should recognize those with ...
LGBTQ+ archive will honor Rustin
Social justice advocates are creating a LGBTQ+ history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
Union Park aims to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy
Park residents and officials gathered today to dedicate Unity Corner, a new Martin Luther King Jr. Park addition.
Black Men Are Vanishing From HBCUs. Here’s Why
Black male enrollment at HBCUs is at a 50-year low. This essay explores how the loss of Black teachers after Brown v. Board ...
Richard Hunt’s life is on exhibit in Chicago — and it’s a walk through Civil Rights history
Richard Hunt” opens Friday at the Loyola University Museum of Art, spotlighting America's most prolific public art sculptor.
A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
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This Day in History— Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
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The 1968 Poor People’s Campaign that turned the National Mall into a protest slum for 42 days
Wikimedia Commons/Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report The 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Martin Luther King Jr. planned ...