Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...
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Civil Rights Lawyer On Whether Trump’s Blow to Equal Employment Opportunity Act Will Stick
The Root spoke with Bakari Sellers, attorney and son of civil rights legend, about the impact of Trump’s executive order.
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Before Montgomery, the Highlander Folk School trained leaders in nonviolent civil rights protest
Martin Luther King Jr., Pete Seeger, Charis Horton, Rosa Parks and Ralph Abernathy at Highlander Folk School in 1957. The Cumberland ridge of middle Tennessee may seem to be a far cry from the ...
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‘History humanizes experiences:’ Students examine enduring legacies of Civil Rights Movement
Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...
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SMC hosts lecture on historic and local Black women of the Civil Rights Movement
The Saint Mary's Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Gender and Women's Studies Department hosted the 'Hidden in Plain Sight' lecture to highlight historical Black women, including South ...