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Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
Black leaders commemorate 70 years of Brown v. Board with call to action
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoSome of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th...
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoRep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
What It's Like to Lose Water in Jackson, MS
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo Style Singapore· 2 years agoCollege student and organizer Maisie Brown sprang into action as soon as the emergency was declared. She's part of a tradition of self-reliance in...
'Hidden Figures' Who Stood With Martin Luther King Jr.
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Style Singapore· 6 months agoCoretta Scott King and numerous other women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. were committed...
“The Color Purple” stars Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson, our Heat Index, and more in EW's “The...
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months ago"The Color Purple" stars have an emotional chat with EW about the new movie musical, we gauge who's...
'Father of Modern Gynecology' J. Marion Sims performed dangerous 'experiments' on enslaved Black...
Business Insider via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoJ. Marion Sims, considered to be the Father of Modern Gynecology.Universal History Archive/Universal...
Heat Is Not a Metaphor
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo Style Singapore· 10 months agoHeat Is Not a MetaphorJOAQUIN SARMIENTO - Getty Images I wanted to write a poem about how the extreme heat of the ocean is breaking my heart, but the...
Tamar-kali’s Songs of Liberty
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo Style Singapore· 12 months agoThe genre-defying artist's latest work, "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle," is a meditation on the impact of Gullah Geechee traditions on American music.
