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The Walk to Freedom had two main purposes. The first and main purpose of the march "… was to speak out against segregation and the brutality that met civil rights activists in the South while at the same time addressing concerns of African Americans in the urban North: inequality in hiring practices, wages, education, and housing."
The Report to the American People on Civil Rights was a speech on civil rights, delivered on radio and television by United States President John F. Kennedy from the Oval Office on June 11, 1963, in which he proposed legislation that would later become the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association.
The National Court of Honor is a unit in the organization which determines and decides on various important conferments for Scouts and Scouters. [citation needed] In Scouts South Africa, a court of honor is held every four weeks, [6] normally at the beginning of a new month. The Patrol Leaders (PLs) and a Scouter are expected to attend, they ...
Truth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered the speech to a crowd gathered at the Universalist Old Stone Church in Akron for the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention. In the speech, Truth drew upon ...
In 2022, after the Supreme Court ruling, Bostock agreed to a settlement with Clayton County, Georgia, to the sum of $825,000, according to his lawyer. Gerald Bostock (Ken Cedeno / Department of Labor)
Sixteen South is a Northern Irish production and distribution company that specialises in creating children's television programmes. Founded in Belfast in 2007 by Colin Williams , Sixteen South has partnered with major names in children's entertainment, co-producing shows with Sesame Workshop , The Jim Henson Company and the BBC .
From presidential candidate shout-outs to celebratory team White House visits, here is a look at Dawn Staley’s legacy in South Carolina outside of the basketball court.