Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), a ... A master strategist and committed pacifist, Bayard Rustin was the architect behind many of the civil rights movement ...

Some of these events are imminent, some ongoing, but all are sure to put some spring in your step — and maybe (as in the case of the Bayard Rustin exhibit ... organizer of Freedom Rides and ...

When Mayerson questioned her about the death of Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, two white Freedom Summer volunteers ... Robeson and the activist Bayard Rustin, and heard the playwright ...

Even now, his insistence on Black pride, dignity and power resonates with those who believe freedom can’t be ... Field: Civil Rights Strategy Bayard Rustin was the tactical genius behind many ...

Meta Ellis is the board chairperson for the Robert S. and Jean E. Graetz Foundation, the director of Montgomery Pride United and co-founder of the Bayard Rustin Community Center in Montgomery, Alabama ...

In an article in The Atlantic timed for publication with his receipt of the US presidential medal of freedom in January, Bono wrote “freedom must come for the Israeli hostages” but also ...

Ret. Army Captain William Swenson described what receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, means to him on ‘The Story.’ "This medal doesn't represent me," Swenson ...

CJ Group vice chair Miky Lee, the power player behind Oscar history-maker “Parasite,” will add another honor to her collection when she receives the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The executive ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan War but later became a sharp critic of the Biden administration over its chaotic ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday ...