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From the archives: Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about ‘new age’ of race relations in moving Des Moines speech | Des Moines Register

January 15, 2018African American Commuities, African American History ...

This story by Register reporter Robert Barewald originally ran on Nov. 13, 1959. April 4, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.

Southern states join to promote Civil Rights Trail to tourists | Times-Picayune

January 15, 2018African American History, Black History ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southern states that once fought to maintain racial segregation are now banding together to promote civil rights tourism at sites including the building where the Confederacy was born and the motel where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. died.

‘A Taste of Power’: The Woman Who Led the Black Panther Party | Longreads

January 12, 2018African American Activist, African American Author ...

Elaine Brown was the first and only woman to lead the male-dominated Black Panther Party. She looks back on Jean Seberg, COINTELPRO, and internal divisions within the organization.

Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence | The Conversation

January 12, 2018January 20, 2020African American Activist, African American History ...

On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation.

The Race to Preserve African American Radio | Black Perspectives

January 11, 2018African American History, Black History ...

Rufus P. Turner a student at the Armstrong Technical High School became the first African American to operate a radio broadcast station when chosen to operate the radio facility at the St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, January 12, 1926.

Ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown awarded $4 million in punitive damages | The Philadelphia Tribune

January 11, 2018September 13, 2018African American Activist, African American Commuities ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — A Northern California jury awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages to a former leader of the Black Panthers who was injured after an Oakland councilwoman punched and pushed her during an argument over housing.