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 ...
Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undo hard-won gains
The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at ...
Thousands march across Delano in honor of civil rights icon César Chávez’s 98th birthday
The name César Chávez is extra special to Kern County, as the years-long grape strike, for which Chávez is often remembered, ...
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New book from local author examines civil rights movement connections
Justice and equality are timeless battles that continue to shape our world, and right here in our community, these vital ...
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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.
Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to “the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to ...
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Civil Rights Museum opens its ‘most ambitious’ exhibition yet
National Civil Rights Museum’s Director of History and Curatorial Services said “Without Bayard Rustin, there is no “I Have a ...
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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 ...
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Ruiz, Padilla introduce bill for César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Park
On César Chávez Day, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.-25) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to create the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National ...
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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 ...