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2 days 17 hours ago

One of South Carolina's only #civilrights museums, the moving site developed by #Orangeburg photographer Cecil Williams, gets nearly $1 million in federal funds.

Civil Rights Travel

3 days 18 hours ago

Happy Birthday Dr. Ernest Patton, Jr.! Dr. Patton participated in lunch counter sit-ins; he was one of 3,000 individuals to march peacefully to the Nashville courthouse in a protest after a civil rights attorney's home was bombed and, eventually, the Freedom Rides of 1961. 21-year-old Patton participated in the Freedom

Civil Rights Travel

3 days 18 hours ago

Mississippi’s #civilrights landmarks are threatened. Example one: Bryant’s Grocery where Emmett Till’s encounter with the female store clerk led to his murder. bit.ly/3Txm6dO Learn how to plan a visit: civilrightstravel.com/emmett-till-sites/

Civil Rights Travel

2 weeks 18 hours ago

Discover the powerful legacy of the Freedom Summer and its connection to Ohio's #MiamiUniversity. bit.ly/3YyWy0r #CivilRights #Travel #FreedomSummer

Civil Rights Travel

3 weeks 21 hours ago

Florida’s often over-looked civil rights history gets a thorough look at a a new exhibit Civil Rights in the Sunshine State at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

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3 weeks 22 hours ago

A fascinating book explains how #CivilRights activists adopted a preppy “Ivy Style” as a tool in their protests. You can even buy the look today at a boutique in Philadelphia. bit.ly/3EKO5QX Jason Jules London

Civil Rights Travel

3 weeks 2 days ago

This summer travelers to Washington, D.C., will have a unique opportunity to learn about Martin Luther King from his oldest son. Martin Luther King III will lead the Insider Expeditions tour with his wife Arndrea and their daughter Yolanda from July 28 to July 31, visiting sites like the MLK

Civil Rights Travel

1 month 1 day ago

Today Arkansas celebrates Daisy Bates Day, honoring the civil rights activist who helped planned the integration of Little Rock's Central High School. Soon, her statue will be placed in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas State Tourism

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1 month 6 days ago

The federal government has identified nine Mississippi #civilriights sites as eligible to become National Park sites. They include places associated with the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till and with sites linked to the 1964 murder of Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. Visit Mississippi

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1 month 1 week ago

A statue of teenage civil rights hero Barbara Johns is one step closer to the U.S. Capitol. Maryland sculptor Steven Weitzman has been selected to create the statue, which honors a girl who led a walkout of her segregated high school in Farmville, Virginia, which led to the landmark Brown