Montgomery Advertiser11d
Fred Gray represented MLK and Rosa Parks. Now he's calling for a new civil rights movement
Gray recalled the last time he spoke to longtime friend U.S. Rep. John Lewis about a week before Lewis' death. Lewis was ...
Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undue hard-won gains
President Donald Trump has reopened a debate in the fight over the federal government’s role in education policy after ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution10d
Civil Rights Movement anniversary celebration marches forward to Montgomery
Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, with a series of events in the state’s capital city intended to cause reflection, celebration and ...
Civil Rights Movement Memphis women, Smith, Walk and Crenshaw, made a difference | Opinion
Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a ...
San Antonio Express-News11d
Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
As the school voucher debate unfolds this legislative session, both sides have attempted to pick up the mantle of the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement ... Antonio Express-News, with a particular ...
Commercial Appeal4d
Civil Rights Movement Memphis women, Smith, Walk and Crenshaw, made a difference | Opinion
She also read newspapers on the Memphis Public Libraries ... full-time community activist Another outstanding woman of the Memphis Civil Rights Movement was Cornelia Crenshaw.