Rosa Parks: Icon of the US civil rights movement
The event was seen as a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement, as protests followed the killers' acquittal in court ...
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30+ Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights ...
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Civil Rights attorney Fred Gray’s portrait installed at Smithsonian
The legendary attorney, who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., will have his portrait hang permanently at the ...
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President awards Mississippi civil rights icon highest civilian honor
Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal ... The Delta native is known as one of the most important voices in the Civil Rights Movement. Doris Hamer ...
Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges shares message of faith and family during Spartanburg stop
Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all-White elementary school in New Orleans during the Civil Rights Movement, spoke Jan. 19 in Spartanburg.
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SUNY Oneonta hosts civil rights icon at MLK commemoration
More than 150 people attended SUNY Oneonta's commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 27 featuring keynote ...
Trump inaugurated on MLK Day: How should civil rights be advanced in this new era?
For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of the civil rights icon.