Gov. Wes Moore declared Monday, Feb. 20 as a statewide Civil Rights Heroes Day, recognizing the 128th death anniversary of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and contributions of other Maryland civil … ...

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to play football. His daughter, Reena, was the weight on her father’s ankles ...

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Everyday people were civil rights heroes, too. This is the story of one town's fight In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action.

Leaders, pastors and community members gathered to honor heroes of the Civil Rights Movement in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in collaboration with Sacred Heart Cathedral and the ...

Members of the Asheboro and Randolph County NAACP gathered in front of the Historic Courthouse on Thursday to celebrate the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Sixteen individuals were recognized ...

I hope that one day Dr. Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative will also honor other civil rights heroes who benefitted African Americans but who were not themselves African American, which ...

[email protected] Governor Moore Proclaims Civil Rights Heroes Day in MarylandANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore proclaimed today, Monday, February ...

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

Maryland’s flags will be lowered on February 20th from sunrise to sunset in observance Civil Rights Heroes Day, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR).