Tag: Deep South
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities
By Aaron Morrison and Kat Stafford, Associated Press
In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the...
Civil Rights Pioneer Seeks Expungement of ’55 Arrest Record
By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back...
Gloria Richardson, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 99
By Brian Witte, Associated Press
Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality...
IN MEMORIAM: Baseball Icon Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron Dies at 86
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Baseball’s recognized home run king and an African American hero, Henry “Hank” Aaron, has died at...
RECAP: Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Historic Win in Georgia Senate Race
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor
Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Atlanta church where Rev. Dr. Martin...
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