Emmett, whose killing shaped the civil rights movement, and Mamie Till-Mobley would posthumously receive the body’s highest civilian honor if President Biden signs the bill.
Tag: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)
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How Will History Remember Jan. 6?
History is not just what happened. It is the meaning we make out of what happened and the story we tell with that meaning.
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Raphael Warnock Is a Pastor and Politician Who Sees Voting as Prayer
Raphael Warnock, a son of Savannah public housing who rose to become Georgia’s first Black senator, secured a full six-year term and a spot among Democrats’ rising stars.
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To Understand New Extremism, Look to History
Some of the forces protecting European nations even as far-right candidates thrive are not in play in the United States, and particularly not within a Republican establishment vulnerable to a takeover.
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Harlem Mourns the Rev. Calvin Butts III
Congregants and neighbors remembered a pastor who they said was determined to fight racism and lift up the Black community.