Bravo, Texas.
*The University of Texas at Austin quietly removed four campus statues honoring the Confederacy on Aug. 21, 2017.*
University of Texas removes Robert E. Lee, other Confederate.. Upworthy
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy responded to threats of violence and obstruction following desegregation attempts at the University of Alabama. Source: The Washington Post -
CNN has reported that Jerry Lewis was indisputably an entertainment legend and comedy giant, yet also a complex and polarizing figure -- one whose often-contradictory career went through various.. Source: Wochit Headline News -
Martin Luther King, Lyndon Baines Johnson and the civil rights marches that changed America. David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tim Roth star. This is the.. Source: Celebrity Wire -
Lewis is remembered for his films, his comedy routines and his annual telethons that raised over $2 billion to fight muscular dystropy. Source: Newsy Studio -
JPMorgan is donating $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in light of the events in Charlottesville, Virginia the weekend before last.
Peter.. Business Insider
As planned, Apple is now accepting donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based non-profit organization, through iTunes.
iTunes users in the United States can donate $5, $10, $25,.. MacRumours.com
As one of the first black standup comedians to find success with white audiences, in the early 1960s, Gregory rose from an impoverished childhood in St. Louis to win a college track scholarship and.. TVNewsCheck
Maynard Jackson III and Wendy Eley Jackson have optioned the book, "Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta," written by Gary Pomerantz. Auburn Avenue.. PRWeb
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2017 : The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued four official statements, which can be viewed under "Highlights" on the Commission's website. newKerala.com
"It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that their father, comedic legend and civil rights activist Mr. Dick Gregory departed this earth tonight in Washington, D. C. ," his son,.. DNA
Patch Manassas, VA -- “There are very, very few monuments to the civil rights movement,” notes artist Ryan Mendoza, who saved Rosa Parks’ home from demolition. Patch
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