On this day in 1960, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost, and Ruby Bridges became some of the first Black students ...
In 1960, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost, and Ruby Bridges became some of the first Black students to integrate ...
During the recent government shutdown, some Republicans in Congress have expressed sympathy for the roughly seven hundred and thirty thousand federal employees who have been performing essential ...
DECATUR, Ga. (WALB) - On October 25, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced in Decatur, Georgia for protesting segregation at a department store lunch counter. King’s attendance at that protest ...
WALB previously reported that George Etheredge was spraying weeds on an ATV when he hit a stump, causing the ATV to flip, pinning him in the pond. Chair of Debutante Activities Leslie Charles and ...
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In another effort to shut down Alligator Alcatraz, civil rights groups say the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis is unlawfully detaining individuals at the facility and have asked a federal judge in ...
Journalist William Turton first reported on Kirk's comments in a January 2024 article for Wired. According to Turton's report, Kirk made the statement while speaking at America Fest, a political ...
A local program is seeking high school students for a free trip to Alabama to visit Civil Rights landmarks. The "Bending the Arc" program, created by the Boxser Diversity Initiative, is open to 25 ...
The civil rights activist Joseph McNeil has died at the age of 83. In 1960, he and three other North Carolina A&T State University students launched a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter ...
Joseph McNeil was one of four North Carolina A&T University students that staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in 1960. The protests by the four students inspired other demonstrations in the ...