Josephine Baker, in her own words, amplifies her renown as provocateur
In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...
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Legacy of Smithfield Four lives on years after library desegregated: 'Challenged Jim Crow policies'
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was emotional as she stood in front of a historical ...
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Bill Would Make Rosa Parks Day First Federal Holiday Honoring Woman
Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...
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This Date in UCSF History: Black History Month - A Purpose Revisited
Black History Month is a month of education and awareness, a time to commemorate leaders and significant figures in this black history. It is celebratory and it is triumphant, but it is also a ...
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NFTA honors civil rights icon Rosa Parks during Black History Month
All month long, WIVB News 4 will be celebrating Black History Month. We’re focusing on a special recognition from the NFTA, which is honoring legendary civil ...
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14 Black women who proved they were the real architects of the Civil Rights Movement
As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...