Tag: race riots
Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
By Sharon Austin, University of Florida
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers.
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Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, Freedom Fighting Publisher of Wilmington Journal Dies
A teacher and educated wordsmith, Mary Alice Jervay Thatch had an unsurpassed commitment to providing a voice to African Americans. She took over the...