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Smithsonian Black History Museum Spotlights Mary McLeod Bethune

by James Wright Jr. July 20, 2024July 21, 2024

**FILE** African American sailors of an ordnance battalion prepare 5-inch shells for packing at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1943. (U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. Navy Exonerates Black WWII Sailors Convicted After Port Chicago Explosion

by Stacy M. Brown July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

The famed Apollo Theater's neon sign shines over 125th Street in New York's Harlem neighborhood. (Courtesy of HBO via AFI Docs Film Festival)

Apollo Theater Makes History with Kennedy Center Honors

by Stacy M. Brown July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and others watch on July 2, 1964. (Cecil Stoughton/White House Press Office via Wikimedia Commons)

60th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act: Reflecting on Progress and Persistent Challenges

by Stacy M. Brown July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

Celebrating 60 Years of Progress: The Civil Rights Act Anniversary

by WI Web Staff July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

**FILE** The Rev. Bill Lee, the Rev. Tony Lee, pastor of Community of Hope AME Church, and Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, take part in an event to increase voting in the Black community in May. Pastor Lee and Cambell both emphasize he importance of commemorating Juneteenth’s history and using the day to continue fighting for justice. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)

Local Leaders Discuss Importance of Juneteenth, Emphasize Holiday as a Call-to-Action to Continue Justice Fight

by Hamil R. Harris June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

**FILE** From left: Hughes Van Ellis, a since-deceased survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, Ike Howard and Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and author of "Don't Let Them Bury My Story,” pose at the 2023 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. Van Ellis was Fletcher’s brother and Howard is her grandson. (WI photo)

Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors’ Lawsuit

by Stacy M. Brown June 12, 2024June 17, 2024

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, Dies at 95

by Stacy M. Brown June 11, 2024June 17, 2024

Memorial Services Set for Wilmington Ten Member Willie Earl Vereen

by Stacy M. Brown May 29, 2024May 29, 2024

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and President of the Daisy Bates Foundation Charles King and other leaders clap as the Daisy Bates statue is unveiled in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall on May 8. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)

Arkansas Civil Rights Icon Daisy Bates Commemorated with Capitol Statue

by Stacy M. Brown May 13, 2024May 13, 2024