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This 1967 photograph shows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (right) and his son Marty with the Rev. Walter Fauntroy in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo/dcstatehoodyeswecan.org)

Faith

D.C. Churches the Bedrock for MLK, the Civil Rights Movement

by Hamil R. Harris August 23, 2023August 24, 2023

F.H.M. Murray, Alexandria’s Obscure Civil Rights Champion

by James Wright Jr. August 16, 2023August 16, 2023

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) reflects on what it took to help organize the historic m March on Washington 60 years ago.

Delegate Norton Reflects on Planning, Being on Stage at the 1963 March on Washington

by Hamil R. Harris August 9, 2023August 24, 2023

President Joe Biden signs a proclamation at the White House on July 25 designating a national monument spanning two states to memorialize Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Bradley. (Courtesy of Mark Mahoney)

Biden Pays Tribute to Emmett Till

by Stacy M. Brown July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

**FILE** A mural of Freedom Riders who were arrested in Jackson at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi on December 7, 2017. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Historic Maryland Home That Once Housed Freedom Fighters Faces Foreclosure

by Stacy M. Brown July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

Carolyn Bryant

Carolyn Bryant Donham, Emmett Till’s False Accuser, Dies at 88

by Stacy M. Brown April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

**FILE** Harry Belafonte (Manfred Werner/Tsui via Wikimedia Commons)

Harry Belafonte, Entertainment Icon and Human Rights Activist , Dies at 96

by Stacy M. Brown April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

Emmett Till

Jury Declines to Charge Carolyn Bryant Donham, the Woman Who Caused the Murder of Emmett Till

by Jamila Bey August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

**FILE** President Obama presents NBA legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell with the Medal of Freedom, the highest award bestowed upon U.S. citizens, at the White House on Feb. 15, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bill Russell, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 88

by Stacy M. Brown July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

Emmett Till

JESSE JACKSON: Emmett Till Case Demands Simple Justice

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. July 27, 2022July 27, 2022