SEVEN DAY FORECAST. GUY. WELL, IT’S BEEN MORE THAN 60 YEARS SINCE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 WAS SIGNED INTO FEDERAL LAW. IT OUTLAWED DISCRIMINATORY VOTING PRACTICES AGAINST RACIAL MINORITIES, ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Standing before the Woolworth’s lunch counter inside the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, the weight of history feels even heavier after the death of Joseph McNeil, one ...

SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT WAS LINDSAY KLINE REPORTING. WXII 12. JOSHUA DAVIS IS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER AND MUSEUM AND JOINS US FROM THAT HISTORIC LUNCH COUNTER. JOSHUA, THE CEO FOR THE ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Civil Rights icon who shaped history from a lunch counter in Greensboro has died. Major General Joseph McNeil, a Wilmington native, died at the age of 83, North Carolina ...

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In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a "Black Students Success Plan," after a ...

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In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a “Black Students Success Plan,” after a ...

While Sy Barry is widely known for his work on “The Phantom,” he said he considers his illustrations in a 1957 comic as one of his proudest accomplishments. Barry illustrated “Martin Luther King and ...

Indiana Democrats are focused on the state's Civil Rights Commission after Gov. Mike Braun appointed Philip Clay as the agency’s new executive director. Alex Nyirendah, vice chair of the Indiana ...