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Sixty years on, longtime Black voters recall Jim Crow, Civil Rights Act
Members of the last generation to live through the end of the Jim Crow laws are among voters in an upcoming presidential ...
Sixty years after the unwinding of Jim Crow, a historic US election
President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” ...
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Flutist Adam W. Sadberry will honor a Civil Rights hero, his grandfather, at Spivey Hall
The musician never knew his grandfather but was inspired to develop a musical program based on the courageous man’s life and career as a journalist during the Civil Rights Movement. Adam W. Sadberry ...
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New African-American cultural center will address ‘uncomfortable conversations’ and showcase art, music and history
Delphia Bradley came to Idaho Falls last December to escape abuse, harassment and racism. Now she’s starting a new venture in ...
David Mamet: This is why Chicago was once the marvel of our nation
H.L. Mencken crowned Chicago “the literary capital of the United States” in 1920. Lorraine Hansberry and I wrote plays that, ...
Suge Knight Seeks Wrongful-Death Trial Delay Amid Challenge to ‘Unlawful’ Prison Sentence
Suge Knight seeks delay of his November retrial over his Tam's Burgers fatal hit-and-run as he challenges his 28-year prison sentence ...
Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin Honored In New Jazz Oratorio
Jazz at Lincoln Center is offering the world premiere of a new jazz oratorio "Rustin in Renaissance," a tribute to the Civil ...
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Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement brings music and history together
On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...
Lewiston civil rights leader and prominent jurist remembered
Louis Scolnik, who died at age 101, leaves a legacy of compassion for the marginalized through his civil rights leadership ...
How Black musicians are shaping modern music
The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...
Activists in rural Georgia seek more robust effort to get Black voters to the polls
Local leaders in south Georgia worry that Democrats aren't doing enough to mobilize Black voters in rural areas.
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Back Up, Congress. Your Probe Is Useless.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits universities receiving federal funding from discriminating based on “race, color, or national origin.” The Committee claims that by not sufficiently ...