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Civil Rights Era
The movement, its heroes and its unfinished work.
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Bishop Leah Daughtry to Headline Hampton NAACP's 54th Life Membership Gala
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (310+ words) Bishop Leah Daughtry, a longtime civil rights organizer and political strategist, is set to headline the Hampton NAACP's 54th Annual Life Membership Awards Celebration on Sunday, October 18, 2026. The gathering runs from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Hampton Roads Convention Center at 1610 Coliseum Drive…...
‘OASIS in Atlanta’ Reveals a Little-Known Chapter of Civil Rights History
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AN AMERICAN INHERITANCE: The story of Racist Memorabilia
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (506+ words) America's Black Holocaust Museum Bringing Our History to Light People across the country have collected or inherited racist memorabilia from their families. These objects are sometimes called “Americana.” Today, there is an ongoing debate about what should be done with…...
Jim Emison on his roots in Haywood County and Elbert Williams, the NAACP’s first voting rights martyr
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (153+ words) WPLN News On June 20, 1940 in Brownsville, TN, Elbert Williams was overheard vowing to register Black voters. Someone reported him to the local police. That night, police seized him from his home, jailed him, and interrogated him. Three days later, Williams…...
WATCH: ‘America Amended’ Ep. 1: Black Americans Died for the Right to Vote. Has It Given Us Real Power? - The Root
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Black Panthers’ 60th anniversary: What most people don’t know about the women behind the movement
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (713+ words) For most of the last 60 years, the dominant media narrative about the Black Panther Party centered on young Black men in leather jackets, marching into the state capitol with rifles or getting into deadly gunfights with police. But as they…...
GU272 Descendant Joseph Stewart asks for inclusion of the Descendants in the Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Initiative, September 1, 2016 | Georgetown University Library
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (57+ words) Join the Library as we celebrate our 230th anniversary! Offline Chat with Special Collections or email us at [email protected] For more information about any of these items, or to request a transcription of text in any of the images, please email…...
NAACP New York State Conference celebrates 90th anniversary with gala
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (152+ words) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New York State Conference kicked off its 90th anniversary celebration with a Generations of Justice Gala. Held at the Bowery Savings Bank Building, the milestone event brought together civil rights leaders,…...