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Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
What the Movie Till Teaches Us About Whose Stories Get Told
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe movie's approach to Emmett Till's life and death highlights a truth about Black stories in...
U.S. Civil Rights Act's victories at risk, say leaders on 60th anniversary
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoCourtland Cox was 22 years old when he stood alongside civil rights icons Bayard Rustin and John...
‘We the People’ includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoWhen the Constitution was written, the term 'We the People' had a very limited application for...
A D-Day prayer, Ken Burns’ jolting words and ‘the unfinished work of freedom’ | Opinion
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoMuch of great moment was said at the 80th anniversary ceremony in Normandy, France. Some speeches...
Black leaders commemorate 70 years of Brown v. Board with call to action
The Hill via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoSome of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th...
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
The Hill via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoRep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
IDA Awards: ‘All That Breathes’ Nabs Four Prizes, ‘Fire of Love’ Is Double Winner
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago“All That Breathes” took top prize for best feature at the International Documentary Assn. Awards...
Mable Haddock Dies: Black Public Media Founding President Was 74
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoMable Haddock, the founding president and first CEO of the National Black Programming Consortium —...