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An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84 Read More »
The state is in a standoff with the federal government over who has the power to investigate the killing of protesters. It’s not a fair fight.
In Minnesota, America’s Federal System Is Coming Apart Read More »
The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint Read More »
She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School Read More »
