Last surviving Freedom Rider speaks at Dayton Black History Month event
The Dayton branch of the NAACP held an event for Black History Month Thursday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as ...
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How Southern Segregationists Reacted to Freedom Riders
One group, The Congress of Racial Equality, would tackle segregation head on with its bold series of freedom rides in 1961. We had these mixed groups of black and white activists were traveling ...
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[Opinion] 13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights Movement
In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
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Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
Occupying seats in defiance of racial segregation on buses and lunch ... on the idea of resuming what became known as Freedom Rides, bringing Black and White activists on bus journeys to the ...
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Barbara Brown Simmons: The history of the first Black woman to graduate from UNM Law
Barbara Brown Simmons was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of New Mexico School of Law and the first ...
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Funeral details announced for youngest Freedom Rider Charles Person
The Freedom Rides began on May 4, 1961, and continued throughout the year. They eventually included hundreds of young activists who targeted bus segregation, which recent Supreme Court decisions ...
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February Is a Month That’s Rich in Black History
February is Black History Month, an appropriate time for celebrating the struggles, triumphs and contributions of this nation’s African American citizens. Born in February were President Abraham ...