The Washington Informer3d
Bayard Rustin: A Legendary Organizer for Civil and Labor Rights
Discover the remarkable life of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and co-founder of CORE and SCLC. His contributions to ...
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1963 Baptist Street Church bombing survivor shares story of resilience and hope
More than 60 years after surviving the deadly bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Sarah Collins Rudolph continues to ...
The Meadville Tribune5d
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters legacy still lasts 100 years after founding
A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a ...
WCJB6d
Black History Month Minute: Philip Randolph
Born in Crescent City on April 15, 1889, then raised and educated in Jacksonville, Florida Mr. Asa Philip Randolph was the son of an AME Minister and tailor father, and seamstress mother.
Republican-American6d
Tracing roots of Black America’s middle class
Sometimes, dignity can come with something as simple as a name tag. In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car ...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters legacy still lasts 100 years after founding
A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a ...
Yakima Herald-Republic9dOpinion
Column: With Trump’s attack on DEI, he’s the last one who should be talking about ‘content of our character’
Column: With Trump’s attack on DEI, he’s the last one who should be talking about ‘content of our character’ That didn’t take ...
When Bob Dylan covered Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’
Sam Cooke was inspired to write 'A Change is Gonna Come' after hearing 'Blowin' in the Wind'. 40 years later, Dylan covered ...
AZ Central12d
Black History Month: 25 songs of civil rights, protest and hope
Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...
Associated Press16d
What JFK assassination files are still classified? Trump’s order could bring them to light
May 9, 1963. (AP Photo) Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., speaks in Washington, March 16, 1968, as he announces he will run for president. (AP Photo) President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ...
Times Union16d
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Rustin is best remembered as the organizer and orchestrator of arguably the seminal event in American civil rights history – the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But it almost did not ...