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Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home added to African-American Civil Rights Network
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Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home added to African-American Civil Rights Network

Associated PressAugust 8, 2018

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has added the Mississippi home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers to the African-American Civil Rights Network, which was created by federal law this year. Medgar Evers was the Mississippi NAACP’s first field secretary beginning in 1954, and led voter registration drives and boycotts to push for racial equality. He was assassinated in June 1963 outside the family’s ranch-style home in Jackson. His widow, Myrlie, who is still alive, served as national NAACP chairwoman from 1995 to 1998. The National Park Service unveiled a bronze plaque in May showing the Evers’ home is

Civil Rights Icon US Rep. John Lewis Released From Hospital
Daily BriefsPolitical

Civil Rights Icon US Rep. John Lewis Released From Hospital

Niele AndersonJuly 30, 2018

Civil rights icon and US Rep. John Lewis of Georgia was released from the hospital Sunday evening with a “clean bill of health,” his spokeswoman Benda Jones stated. “All tests have been completed,” Brenda Jones said in a statement. “He thanks everyone who shared their thoughts, prayers and concerns during his stay.” Lewis became ill Saturday on a flight to Atlanta, CNN affiliate WSB-TV reported, quoting unnamed sources. Lewis, 78, represents Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, which includes much of Atlanta, He was elected in 1986. Lewis became the youngest leader of the Civil Rights era as a member of the

The Legacy of Dr. King – ‘We Still Have Work Left To Be Done’
Op-EdOpinion

The Legacy of Dr. King – ‘We Still Have Work Left To Be Done’

Alberto Retana President and CEO of Community CoalitionApril 5, 2018

It’s been fifty years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. In the wake of his death, the battle for civil rights, equality and equity has been uneven. While we have made real progress, we still have work left to be done. Nowhere is this more evident than in our system of criminal justice.