Civil Rights & Democracy

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (153+ words) WPLN News On June 20, 1940 in Brownsville, TN, Elbert Williams was overheard vowing to register Black voters. Someone reported him to the local police. That night, police seized him from his home, jailed him, and interrogated him. Three days later, Williams…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (140+ words) My County Link GREENVILLE – In 1926, Darke County lost its most famous daughter. One hundred years later, the Garst Museum invites you to celebrate the life and legacy of Annie Oakley with a special centennial program. Administrative Director Cait Clark…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (451+ words) Alfie Joey writes about a man instrumental in gaining rights for miners – who is still relevant today In a lovely church yard in Heworth, Gateshead, on Saturday, we remembered a man who fought for basic rights that many of us…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (814+ words) Eugene and Eulalie by Melissa Daggett New Orleanian Melissa Daggett graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in political science and two master’s degrees from LSU New Orleans, formerly the University of New Orleans, in education and history. Her first…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (968+ words) After Devine’s sermon, the congregation, according to one contemporary account, ‘[fell] upon every Catholic they met, beating and bruising them without provocation or distinction, breaking the doors and windows of their houses, and actually murdering two unoffending Catholics in a…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (773+ words) The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas Twenty five years ago, a group of…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (327+ words) While Stonewall was galvanising a new liberation movement in the English-speaking world, queer people in Spain under the Franco dictatorship were building something of their own — and Pasaje Begoña shows just how brutal the limits of that freedom could be....

3+ day, 24+ min ago   (724+ words) These five major events in the nation’s capital brought diverse groups of Americans together in the name of change. While it is now known as the site of some of the most iconic marches and demonstrations in American history, Washington,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (20+ words) Meet famous women in history whose leadership, discoveries, writing and activism reshaped societies, from ancient Egypt to the modern world....

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (348+ words) Here's how to get involved March on Washington, 1963 (Unsplash) October marks Black History Month, the annual celebration of the history, contributions and achievements of Black people in the UK. Every year, numerous events celebrating African and Caribbean cultures take place…...