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The other day at the Oren Dunn City Museum, we read through a 1999 oral history interview with the Rev. Robert Jamison, conducted by former Daily Journal reporter Lena Mitchell.

Bob Moses, civil rights icon of the 1960s, dies at 86 Moses is the latest African American leader of that era to die in the past year, including John Lewis, Vernon Jordan, C.T. Vivian, Charles Evers and Gloria Richardson. Written By: Daniel Trotta / Reuters | 4:43 pm, Jul. 25, 2021 July 25 (Reuters) - Bob Moses, a civil rights leader who took part in some of the most significant campaigns for equality in the Deep South in the 1960s and later became an advocate for African Am...

Bob Moses, U.S. civil rights leader of the 1960s, dies at 86 By Syndicated Content By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Bob Moses, a civil rights leader who took part in some of the most significant campaigns for equality in the Deep South in the 1960s and later became an advocate for African Americans to succeed in math, died on Sunday at age 86, the NAACP said. Moses is the latest African American leader of that era to die in the past year, including John Lewis, Vernon Jordan, C.T. V...

Jackson community honors Medgar Evers, civil rights leader, with memorial to commemorate the 58th anniversary of his assassination on June 12, 1963.

More than a half century late, Jackson State University is honoring its Class of 1970. Credit: AP FILE - In this May 15, 1970, file photo, the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a womens dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., are shown after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police opened fire on the building claiming they had seen a sniper. (AP Photo, File) Author: EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press Publishe...

A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting Emily Wagster Pettus Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 1970. The Associated Press. All rights reserved FILE - In this May 15, 1970, file photo, the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a womens dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., are shown after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police opened fire on the building claiming they had seen a sniper. The historically black school canceled its 1...

Emily Wagster Pettus FILE - In this May 15, 1970, file photo, the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a womens dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., are shown after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police opened fire on the building claiming they had seen a sniper. The historically black school canceled its 1970 graduation ceremony following the violence. Fifty-one years later, now named, Jackson State University is honoring the Cla...

View Comments JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched onto the campus of a historically Black college in Mississippi’s capital city to violently suppress protests against racism. Officers shot indiscriminately after someone threw a bottle. The gunfire killed two people, injured 12 and shattered windows of a women’s dormitory where officers claimed — falsely — that ...

Safety Harbor’s first Black commissioner made history. He died at 85. William Blackshear also helped start The Weekly Challenger newspaper.     William Blackshear worked at General Electrics Pinellas plant as a laser welder from 1958 until 1970. [ Courtesy Harry Williams ] Dear Angelia, By compiling the enclosed stories and information, I have attempted to shed some light on the history and lives of our ancestors and to share with you events that made them real, alive and exciting. ...

The Atlantic It’s time for a new Federal Writers’ Project. 11:38 AM ET (NATIONAL ARCHIVE / NEWSMAKERS / GETTY) In its $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, the Biden administration seeks to expand the public’s conception of what is and is not infrastructure. It is right to do so. Infrastructure is not just the bridge we drive across; it is the home health aides who look after our parents and grandparents. Infrastructure is not simply the train we ride, but also the day care where we drop o...