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Stevie Wonder awarded Freedom of Newcastle as music icon hailed as 'an inspiration'

The American singer-songwriter has been given Newcastle's highest honour in recognition of his campaign to establish Martin Luther King Day in the USA

Chronicle Live · Mar 1, 2023

Abandoned funeral home owned by Civil Rights Movement chief with creepy wigs left behind

The co-owner of the funeral home, who ran it during the tempestuous years of the US Civil Rights Movement, was Virgil Eugene Dimery Sr

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023

Stevie Wonder set to be awarded Freedom of Newcastle as music legend hailed for Martin Luther King campaign

The Motown icon could join the likes of Sir Bobby Robson and Nelson Mandela in being awarded the city's highest civic honour by Newcastle City Council

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2023

Commentary: The digital age is destroying the art of the letter

A “Collection of Chicago Postal History,” an assemblage of thousands of letters, will be auctioned in March by H.R. Harmer Fine Stamp Auctions of New York City.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 3, 2023

What time is Tyre Nichols’ funeral and who is attending?

Black FedEx driver who died from his injuries after being savagely beaten by police officers to be laid to rest in Memphis, Tennessee, with US vice president and civil rights leaders in attendance

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.”

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

Former Apprentice star David Stevenson's ice cream firm 'no longer sustainable'

Cringeworthy entrepreneur David Stevenson, who once compared himself to Martin Luther King, was fired from TV's Apprentice and is now seeing his 'dream' ice cream business going under

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2023

‘More than just a hero or heretic’: the story of photographer and FBI informant Ernest Withers

A documentary details the complicated legacy left behind by a man who captured vital moments in Black history while also getting paid by the FBI to feed them intel

The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2023

It's time to tear down the gender dam

My child has been safe from attack — so far. Others haven’t been so fortunate

Salon · Jan 25, 2023

Editorial: Embracing ‘The Embrace’: US cities including New York need more, not less, adventurous public art

The hammers are out for a Boston public artwork honoring Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy. Sure, “The Embrace” is untraditional. People are entitled to their opinions on this and any other sculpture. Art creates conversation, and public art, more so.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023