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The defense secretary is stripping the name of slain civil rights icon from a Navy ship.
The U.S. Navy is officially changing the name of the San Diego-built USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, Defense ...
The Pentagon stripped the name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship. Here's what it's called now.
The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.
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Hegseth Announces New Name for Ship that Had Honored Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk
Hegseth said that he would be renaming the USNS Harvey Milk in honor of Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson. Peterson ...
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Pete Hegseth Announces New Name for USNS Harvey Milk: ‘Taking the Politics Out of Ship Naming’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revealed the new name for the USNS Harvey Milk, weeks after he announced he would be ...
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Mavis Staples is a civil rights icon, a Kennedy Center honoree and, now, a Saturday in the Park performer
The 85-year-old Staples – the sole survivor and linchpin of the legendary Staple Singers gospel group – has collaborated with ...
Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta gives 'Kimmel' viewers advice on what to do if you're detained by ICE
Finishing up a tremendous week-long run guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Diego Luna sat down with legendary American civil ...
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Groundbreaking for new cultural center, honoring local civil rights icon
Dolores Huerta joins in the ceremony, construction slated to begin in July. Center scheduled to open in January 2027 ...
Daughter of Assassinated Civil Rights Leader Sees Painful Echoes of Political Violence in America
Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers ...