Tag: civil rights era
Freedom Riders’ 1947 Convictions Vacated in North Carolina
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they...
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...
Expanded Museum Traces Legacy of Slavery in America
By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
The statues of chained men, women and children stick hauntingly out of sand as simulated waves crash overhead, a symbol...
Twitter’s Blue Verification Mark: Does Platform Ignore Black Press and Embrace White Media?
While almost every white-owned media outlet carries the blue verification badge provided to Twitter users to recognize their credibility, authenticity, and public interest, the...
COMMENTARY: Biden-Harris Administration Tasked with Dismantling America’s History of Hate
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire
A lot of past cruelties can underscore America’s history of hate.
Today, one could capture that hate...