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In Tribute to Civil Rights Leader King, Biden Invokes ‘Battle for the Soul of this Nation’
President Joe Biden spoke at the 54th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemorative Service Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta becoming the first sitting president to do so.
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Civil Rights Leaders Shake Their Heads At Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Confirmation
Civil rights leaders along with other people and groups opposed to the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett were seemingly left with no other options but to shake their heads in disgust and disappointment that the president was…
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Duke University Renames Campus Building After Black Woman Trailblazer Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke
When Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke stepped foot on Duke University’s campus 57 years ago in pursuit of advancing her education, she was breaking barriers for generations of students of color that would follow in her footsteps. Reuben-Cooke, one of the first Black…
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Spelman College Launches Scholarship Fund To Honor John Lewis’ Legacy
The late John Lewis relentlessly and fearlessly fought for justice and equality and Spelman College will honor the legacy of the civil rights leader by empowering the next generation of changemakers. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the historically Black college…
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Black leaders react to the death of civil rights icon C.T. Vivian
Civic rights icon C. T. Vivian (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com /Kathy Hutchins) The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a minister, civil rights icon and lieutenant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday, July 17, 2020, at his home in Atlanta. He…
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Colin Kaepernick To Serve On Medium’s Board
Activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick has been dedicated to amplifying stories about systemic injustices and societal issues impacting the Black community. The Know Your Rights Camp founder will continue to work towards evoking change on a new front. According to…
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These Colombian Civil Rights Activists Are Fighting to Make Sure Afro-Colombians are Counted in the Census
It was the end of 2019 when various Black organizations protested in front of the census bureau—The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (DANE)—in Bogotá, Colombia to show their dissatisfaction about what they called a “statistical genocide” of the black…
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Rep. John Lewis diagnosed with cancer; Barack Obama and others pray for him
Georgia Congressman John Lewis, standing, with fellow Civil Rights hero Ambassador Andrew Young (Photo by A.R. Shaw for Steed Media) Revered Georgia congressman John Lewis stared down White supremacy and Southern segregationists during the Civil Rights era. There is no…
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Bill Cosby has no remorse and claims to have been set up by ‘imposters’
Bill Cosby (Image source: Montgomery (Pennsylvania) County District Attorney’s Office) Comic legend Bill Cosby conducted a scorched-earth policy in his first interview since being imprisoned at SCI Phoenix, a maximum-security Pennsylvania penitentiary near Philadelphia. Cosby, 82, told the National Newspaper…
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