/tags/civil-rights-movement Civil Rights Movement en-US Copyright Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:07:56 GMT /race-demographics/2023-12-30/civil-rights-leader-removed-from-movie-theater-for-using-his-own-chair A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons. Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:07:56 GMT /race-demographics/2023-12-30/civil-rights-leader-removed-from-movie-theater-for-using-his-own-chair Associated Press /race-demographics/2023-09-15/birmingham-bombing-1963-four-little-girls-civil-rights 60 years ago, on Sept. 15, 1963, "Four Little Girls" were killed in a bombing set by the Ku Klux Klan at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Some who lived through the trauma wonder if anything has changed. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:41:39 GMT /race-demographics/2023-09-15/birmingham-bombing-1963-four-little-girls-civil-rights Leoneda Inge /politics/2023-02-15/nc-lawmakers-want-more-monuments-honoring-civil-rights-leaders A bipartisan group of lawmakers has reintroduced a bill that would start the process of building more public monuments dedicated to civil rights icons. Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:42:16 GMT /politics/2023-02-15/nc-lawmakers-want-more-monuments-honoring-civil-rights-leaders Will Michaels /race-demographics/2022-06-17/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-north-carolina-baynard-rustin They were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after launching the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge Jim Crow laws, which mandated segregation on buses. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:17:44 GMT /race-demographics/2022-06-17/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-north-carolina-baynard-rustin Associated Press /race-demographics/2020-10-16/unc-greensboro-builds-a-visual-history-of-unsung-heroes Many people know the role that Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King Jr. played in the fight for civil rights. But what about Willena Cannon, a student at… Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:46:49 GMT /race-demographics/2020-10-16/unc-greensboro-builds-a-visual-history-of-unsung-heroes Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /news/2020-07-30/watch-john-lewis-funeral-at-ebenezer-baptist-church Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church will host a celebration of life Thursday for Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a longtime congressman and leader in the… Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:04:24 GMT /news/2020-07-30/watch-john-lewis-funeral-at-ebenezer-baptist-church NPR News, ��������վ News /race-demographics/2020-04-17/sncc-turns-60-with-co-founder-rev-david-c-forbes David Forbes arrived at Shaw University in 1958. In the winter of his sophomore year, the Civil Rights movement swept through North Carolina when four… Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:59:10 GMT /race-demographics/2020-04-17/sncc-turns-60-with-co-founder-rev-david-c-forbes Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-17/sncc-turns-60-with-co-founder-rev-david-c-forbes David Forbes arrived at Shaw University in 1958. In the winter of his sophomore year, the Civil Rights movement swept through North Carolina when four… Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:59:10 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-17/sncc-turns-60-with-co-founder-rev-david-c-forbes Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-02-18/the-catalyst-that-created-a-movement-60-years-after-the-greensboro-sit-ins On Feb. 1, 1960, the fight for civil rights changed forever when four freshmen students from North Carolina A&T State University refused to leave a lunch… Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:15:52 GMT /race-demographics/2020-02-18/the-catalyst-that-created-a-movement-60-years-after-the-greensboro-sit-ins Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-18/the-catalyst-that-created-a-movement-60-years-after-the-greensboro-sit-ins On Feb. 1, 1960, the fight for civil rights changed forever when four freshmen students from North Carolina A&T State University refused to leave a lunch… Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:15:52 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-18/the-catalyst-that-created-a-movement-60-years-after-the-greensboro-sit-ins Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio