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Category: Black History

**FILE** A mural of Freedom Riders who were arrested in Jackson at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi on December 7, 2017. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

National Park Service Seeks Mississippi Sites to Build Monuments to Civil Rights Struggle

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 26, 2018October 31, 2020
A coalition of NYC Black Lives Matter activists and environmental justice groups marching on the 51st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X to demand justice for the people of Flint, Michigan. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 24, 2018October 31, 2020
Board members of the historical Black preservation project in Georgetown - Mt. Zion Church - Female Union Band Society Cemetery at a libation ceremony (Courtesy of Mt. Zion Church-FUBS)
Posted inBlack History, Community

Historic Black Cemeteries in Georgetown Recognized by UN

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 19, 2018October 31, 2020
Gladys West
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Gladys West, GPS Pioneer, Inducted into Air Force Hall of Fame

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2018October 31, 2020
Don Rojas
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Visionary Freedom Fighter Don Rojas Recounts a Life of Service

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2018October 31, 2020
Rosanell Eaton
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Rosanell Eaton, Queen Mother of Voting Rights, Dies at 97

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2018October 31, 2020
Charles Harrison
Posted inBlack History, Obituary

Charles Harrison, 87, Famed Industrial Designer, Dies

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2018October 31, 2020
Harriet Tubman
Posted inBlack History, Entertainment

New Film Honors the Life of Harriet Tubman

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2018October 31, 2020
Shirley Chisholm
Posted inBlack History, National

NYC Statue to Honor Shirley Chisolm

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 3, 2018October 31, 2020
An evening celebrating 81 years of life for Lillian Estelle Smith Gregory, the wife of the late great Dick Gregory was held Nov. 26, at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring, Md. Gregory received a lifetime achievement award as "The Quiet Warrior" presented by her daughter Ayanna Gregory. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Lillian Gregory Honored for Extraordinary Journey

by Denise Rolark BarnesNovember 28, 2018October 31, 2020

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