Tag: American South
A major collection of Black poems, books is coming to LSU
By Terell Wilkins, The Advocate
LSU has obtained one of the country's largest collections of African-American poetry, including a book once owned by Frederick Douglass...
Kamala Harris marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma
By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for equal voting...
Historic Coretta Scott home where she wed MLK now forgotten
By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Bullet holes pock a rusted mailbox outside the vacant home where Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott were married...
Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing – will monuments honoring people of...
By Frederick Gooding, Jr., Texas Christian University
With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, and the statue of...
Reparations Are For Descendants Of Black Slaves, Weber Says
By Associated Press
California's secretary of state said Thursday that reparations for African Americans should be limited to people whose forebears were kidnapped from their...