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Today in History

By The Associated Press Jun. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, June 6, the 157th day of 2021. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s...

Civil Rights, history museums free on MLK Jr. Day

Jan. 17, 2021 12:59 PM EST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History will be free to the public on Monday in honor of Martin Luther...

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Young, a lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s civil rights movement, marvels at both the sizes and the spontaneity of the today's protests against racial injustice. The former Democratic congressman, Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador recalled activists spending three months to organize for a 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, campaign in which King and other protesters were jailed. He said only a fraction of the 500 demonstrators sought showed up. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism

By Dan Sewell And Russell Contreras Jun. 24, 2020 01:19 AM EDT