The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes

But going back is precisely what the legislature voted to do, as Tennessee became the first of the former Confederate states ...
The Florida Times-Union

Civil Rights Trail: where movement and Jacksonville marked each other

Jacksonville has officially joined the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, with dozens of historical markers planned for the city. The markers will highlight significant locations from the Civil Rights Movement, ...
The Associated Press

In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the city considered the crucible of the modern Civil Rights Movement to push back ...
The Brown Daily Herald

First-year seminar on Black student protests traces campus organizing from Civil Rights Movement to present day

In recent years, activism at Brown has drawn national media attention, but the University’s history of protest dates back decades. Offered once every few years, the first-year seminar AFRI 0610: ...

Civil rights veterans see history repeating after high court guts Voting Rights Act

(This story has been refiled to remove the video) By Donna Bryson SELMA, Alabama, May 18 (Reuters) - Betty Strong Boynton ...
NPR

For one civil rights activist, Supreme Court ruling is 'bewildering'

Civil rights activist Leslie McLemore reflects on the recent Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act, and what the ruling means for Black political representation in the South. This week, the ...
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Civil Rights Trail: Where movement and Jacksonville marked each other

The kickoff event for Jacksonville joining the U.S. Civil Rights Trail featured a marker standing a few feet from the pulpit where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a sermon titled “This Is a Great ...