Tag: civil rights activists
Spotlight on Black Excellence: Six Organizations With a Social Justice Mission
By Megan Sayles, The Afro, Word in Black
The age-old adage tells us to put our money where our mouth is. Rather than spend money...
The Footsteps of Yesterday Still Matter Today
By Amara Beaty, V&V Contributing Writer
An outdoor exhibition presented by the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art (SDAAMFA) commemorating the Civil Rights...
Josephine Baker Honored at France’s Pantheon
Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black...
Attorney Likens Arbery Rally to `Lynching’ of Defendants
The defense attorney who caused an outcry by saying Black pastors should be barred from the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death declared...
Bid Considered to Wipe Alabama Arrest Records of King, Parks
By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
The quest by a civil rights pioneer to have her arrest record wiped clean after nearly 70 years after she...