The North Has Something To Say: Urban Civil Rights Museum To Tell The Tale Of Northern Black Activism

The Urban Civil Rights Museum is dedicated to the history of Black movements and their impact on Northern cities.

Longtime Greensboro civil rights activist Willena Cannon dies at 85

Willena R. Cannon died Saturday at her home in Greensboro, Woodard Broadnax Funeral Home said. She was born March 1, 1940, in ...
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies

Claudette Colvin, arrested at 15 years old for refusing to give up her bus seat, helped spark the civil rights movement.

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on bus at start of civil rights movement, has died

Colvin's arrest helped spark the modern civil rights movement, and months later, Rosa Parks gained international fame for ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is soon: How the civil rights leader inspired a federal holiday

Like the civil rights movement itself, the federal holiday didn't come together seamlessly. It wasn't officially adopted until 15 years after King's assassination.
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A documentary's director on chronicling a pivotal moment in Tampa's civil rights history

"Triumph: Tampa's Untold Chapter in the Civil Rights Movement," produced by Tampa PBS station WEDU, tells the story of the ...