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Tag: Civil Rights Movement

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inMarc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Rev. James Lawson, an Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

by WI Web EditorJune 26, 2024June 26, 2024

Rev. James Lawson, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, passed away at the age of 95, leaving behind a legacy of nonviolence, reconciliation, and a commitment to justice for all.

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Obituary, Stacy M. Brown

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, Dies at 95

by Stacy M. BrownJune 11, 2024June 17, 2024
The emblematic photo of Septima Poinsette Clark 1987, from “I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women” is currently at the National Portrait Gallery (Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Brian Lanker Archive)
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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Black History, Women’s History — Septima Clark

by WI Web EditorMarch 6, 2024March 11, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Call and Choice

by WI Web EditorJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024
Posted inMLK Memorial Issue, Supplements

Has the Dream Become a Nightmare?

by WI Web EditorJanuary 17, 2024January 17, 2024
Protesters stand in solidarity with Palestinians on Nov. 4 in Washington, D.C.. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Let the Young People Speak 

by WI Web EditorJanuary 17, 2024January 17, 2024
**FILE** Martin Luther King speaking at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

WILLIAMS: Still Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by WI Web EditorJanuary 17, 2024January 17, 2024
Medgar Evers
Posted inBlack History, National, Stacy M. Brown

Mississippi Leaders Unite in Plea to Honor Medgar Evers with Medal of Freedom

by Stacy M. BrownNovember 7, 2023November 7, 2023
From left: Yolanda Renee King, Andrea Waters King, Martin Luther King Jr. III, Rev. Al Sharpton, an unidentified marcher, Robert Smith, and Sacha Baron Cohen on the front line during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington at Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 26, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, March on Washington 2023, National, Stacy M. Brown

March on Washington 60th Anniversary Emphasizes Continued Civil Rights Struggle

by Stacy M. BrownAugust 26, 2023August 30, 2023
This 1967 photograph shows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (right) and his son Marty with the Rev. Walter Fauntroy in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo/dcstatehoodyeswecan.org)
Posted inBlack History, Community, Faith, March on Washington 2023, Religion

D.C. Churches the Bedrock for MLK, the Civil Rights Movement

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 23, 2023August 24, 2023

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