A landlord in Ohio is claiming that not only is her “White Only” pool sign not racist, but that the state’s civil rights …
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Study: Most U.S. States Score an ‘F’ on Civil Rights Education
American students are increasingly ignorant of the basic history of the civil rights movement, according to a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Maya Angelou: MLK Memorial Quote ‘Makes Him Seem Like an Egotist’
Poet and author Maya Angelou is irked by an inscription on the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial that she believes “minimizes the man.” (via Washington Post)
Where Are the Top 10 Most Segregated Cities?
Maybe we’re not as diverse as we think we are.
Remembering Rosa Parks: Google Doodle Marks Arrest Anniversary
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give a white man her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Google is celebrating the civil-rights pioneer with its daily “doodle.”
Report: Famed Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers Spied for FBI
Ernest C. Withers had been the photographer who chronicled the civil rights movement through the 50s and 60s.