civil rights

November 17, 2024

3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta

July 30, 2020 Jeff Martin, Associated Press

ATLANTA — John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. Three […]

NOTHSTINE: Our broken identity and finger-pointing politics

August 16, 2017 Ray Nothstine

In his memoir “An Easy Burden,” American Civil Rights icon Andrew Young tells the story of a man racing up to him with a Confederate flag flying from his pickup truck while he was out […]