BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Horrors and hope: Awareness of Selma brutality led to voting rights laws 60 years ago
As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew freedom in. “There was never a question over whether I could vote when I ...
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Black History Month: The Fight for Economic Justice
The Poor People’s Campaign, conceived by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) ...
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Community mourns death of Rev. Walter Womack
Well-known religious leader Dr. Walter Womack, who served as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died Wednesday. His wife, Deborah Womack, says he died ...
Pastor Walter Womack, president of Memphis SCLC, has died
Pastor Walter Womack, president of the Memphis Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), has died, according to officials with the NAACP Memphis Branch.
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Community faith leader Rev. Walter Womack dies, Memphis NAACP branch says
A prominent Memphis community faith leader, Rev. Walter Womack, died on Wednesday, the Memphis branch of the National ...
Fred Shuttlesworth, "The most courageous civil rights fighter in the South"
In Alabama, many have come through the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, but have you ever stopped to ask, why is it named Shuttlesworth?Well, the ...
Opinion: Black history and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...
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ARTHUR CYR: Black history – and Dr. Martin Luther King
The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black History Month, officially designated as February. On April 4, 1968, ...