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Tag: Civil Rights Movement

Posted inBooks

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi’ by Wright Thompson

by Terri Schlichenmeyer September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

In his new book “The Barn”, Wright Thompson explores the history of a derelict barn in Mississippi where Emmett Till was murdered, revealing the complex history of the area and the impact of the crime on American history.

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: Rev. James Lawson, an Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

by Marc H. Morial June 26, 2024June 26, 2024
**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBlack History

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, Dies at 95

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown June 11, 2024June 17, 2024
The emblematic photo of Septima Poinsette Clark 1987, from “I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women” is currently at the National Portrait Gallery (Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Brian Lanker Archive)
Posted inOpinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Black History, Women’s History — Septima Clark

by Marian Wright Edelman March 6, 2024March 11, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr.
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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Call and Choice

by Marian Wright Edelman January 24, 2024January 24, 2024
Posted inSupplements

Has the Dream Become a Nightmare?

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 17, 2024January 17, 2024
Protesters stand in solidarity with Palestinians on Nov. 4 in Washington, D.C.. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Let the Young People Speak 

by WI Editorial Staff January 17, 2024January 17, 2024
**FILE** Martin Luther King speaking at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963
Posted inOpinion

WILLIAMS: Still Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by E. Faye Williams January 17, 2024January 17, 2024
Medgar Evers
Posted inNational

Mississippi Leaders Unite in Plea to Honor Medgar Evers with Medal of Freedom

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown November 7, 2023November 7, 2023
From left: Yolanda Renee King, Andrea Waters King, Martin Luther King Jr. III, Rev. Al Sharpton, an unidentified marcher, Robert Smith, and Sacha Baron Cohen on the front line during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington at Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 26, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)
Posted inMarch on Washington 2023

March on Washington 60th Anniversary Emphasizes Continued Civil Rights Struggle

Stacey Brown photoAvatar photo by Stacy M. Brown and Hamil R. Harris August 26, 2023August 30, 2023

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