Civil Rights

A event in St. Johns County this weekend will honor civil rights icon Stetson Kennedy.Kennedy first rose to prominence with his book The Klan Unmasked,…

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, the landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory voter registrations practices. But in…

Fifty years ago Bob Moses organized volunteers to register voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer.And for decades, Moses is fighting for civil…

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The man known as the father of St. Augustine’s civil rights movement returned to the nation’s oldest city Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of…

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Before the phrase “civil rights movement” had even entered the American lexicon, Asa Philip Randolph was among the earliest forces propelling it.Randolph…

This week, as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Florida man known as the father of that…

July 2 marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The landmark legislation outlawed discrimination at the polls and in schools,…

Among the moments being celebrated during the commemoration of the civil rights movement is a little known local milestone — the largest mass arrest of…