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Jackie Robinson was a radical

Robinson was an activist and rebel long before he broke baseball's color line

Salon · May 14, 2022

Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2022

Nicholas Goldberg: Why do we still honor J. Edgar Hoover's racist, homophobic legacy?

Fifty years ago this week — on May 2, 1972 — J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, died at his home near Washington's Rock Creek Park, and was found the next morning by his housekeeper slumped on the floor next to his bed.

Los Angeles Times · May 3, 2022

Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing into a political circus

Solemn proceedings of confirmation hearing took a nosedive into farce with bizarre moments in Jackson’s epic inquisition

The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2022

Andrew Young looks back at 90 years, and smiles, mostly

ATLANTA — In a visit to Atlanta in 1951, new college graduate Andrew Young slowed his car when he saw a rat crossing Ponce de Leon Avenue late one night.

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2022

90 years of wisdom from Andrew Young

ATLANTA — Andrew Young, who turns 90 years old this weekend, has a resumé Iike few others — pastor, civil rights hero, refugee resettler, congressman, mayor, United Nations ambassador, human rights champion, businessman and Olympic Games recruiter.

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2022

Civil rights leader Andrew Young, turning 90, keeps up fight

Civil rights icon Andrew Young will celebrate his 90th birthday with a string of events that continue his long fight for equity and inclusion

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

AOC mocks Fox analyst for comparing Canadian trucker convoy to Martin Luther King

The comparison between the late civil rights activist and the ‘freedom convoy’ backfired on social media

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022

Photographer Steve Schapiro, whose photos captured civil rights, arts ‘time capsules,’ dead at 87

Actor Gary Oldman says his photos of MLK, David Bowie, others ‘capture a certain moment in time . . . He was an angel of a man.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 21, 2022

The work of Dr. King is still not done

Dr. King would urge President Biden to push hard to overcome those who stand in the way of democracy reform and of economic decency. Yet he also understood that citizen movements are essential. It was Selma that moved the Voting Rights Act in Washington.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 18, 2022