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“King of the North”: New Book Examines MLK’s Fight Against Police Brutality & Racism Outside Dixie
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, is a major reexamination of the civil rights leader that offers a different picture of both King’s own experiences of police brutality and ...
Judge chides feds in dismissing ICE trespassing charge against Newark mayor
Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested May 9 outside an immigrant detention center, though federal prosecutors later decided to ...
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Former Hartford High student, expelled after MLK's death, will finally receive an honorary diploma
Gerald "Mike" Fothergill walked out of Hartford Public High School with hundreds of other students in 1968 to protest the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. That walk got him expelled from school ...
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‘Freedom Season’ uplifts the struggle for dignity and citizenship
Historian Peniel Joseph’s “Freedom Season” raises up the work of Black activists seeking a more just society in the pivotal ...
Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King: rivalry that supercharged the Civil Rights movement
The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...
MS celebrates Jefferson Davis' birthday, Memorial Day as state holiday. What to know
Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. Here's what to know about the state holiday ...