And we shall overcome." In his closing words, the president invoked a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. An SCLC staffer watching the speech with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Critics often compare climate activists to a sanitized memory of the civil rights movement as “a purely peaceful movement” to argue that radical and confrontational tactics won’t win hearts ...
By the early 1960s, the civil rights movement had brought national attention to racial barriers in education, public transportation, and use of public accommodations, such as restaurants and theaters.
More than 60 years ago, three Black nurses took a stand against segregation at Hampton’s Dixie Hospital, igniting a legal battle to advance civil rights. On Saturday, Hampton honored the women — ...
Horsley participated in sit-ins and fought against discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement. "Not only was discrimination reality, but was also legal," Horsley told NewsChannel 5 in 2017.
A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of its visitors was largely blocked in court before taking effect Jan. 1 The Latest Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
I had been thrilled to hear that for Christmas this secular Jew could see the Bob Dylan film, "A Complete Unknown" — the best gift I could get. (besides a ...
I had been thrilled to hear that for Christmas this secular Jew could see the Bob Dylan film, "A Complete Unknown" — the best gift I could get. (besides a ...