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Freedom Riders National Monument. / 33.63500°N 85.90833°W / 33.63500; -85.90833. The Freedom Riders National Monument is a United States National Monument in Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement.
The Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks, which occurred on May 14, 1961, in Anniston and Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United States. They were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party in ...
Alfred M. Gray Jr. Alfred Mason Gray Jr. [2] (June 22, 1928 – March 20, 2024) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1987, until his retirement on June 30, 1991, after 41 years of service.
The following is a list of stations owned or operated by Gray Television. Gray owns or operates 180 stations across 113 markets in the United States, ranging from as large as Atlanta, Georgia, to one of the smallest markets, North Platte, Nebraska. [1]
August 29, 1941 (age 82) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Occupation (s) Civil rights activist, entrepreneur. Children. 2. Henry "Hank" James Thomas (born August 29, 1941) is an African American civil rights activist and entrepreneur. Thomas was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders who traveled on Greyhound and Trailways buses through the South in ...
Garrison Brown's family gathered in Flagstaff, Ariz., over the weekend for the "Sister Wives" star's funeral. The son of reality TV stars Janelle Brown and Kody Brown died last week in an apparent ...
The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ( ACMHR) was an American civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, which coordinated boycotts and sponsored federal lawsuits aimed at dismantling segregation in Birmingham and Alabama during the civil rights movement. Fred Shuttlesworth, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, served as president ...
Sawyer started her career at St. Louis Community College–Forest Park as assistant professor of sociology in 1971. She became chair of the sociology department in 1974, promoted to associate professor in 1975, and was appointed to associate dean in 1978. Sawyer filed a discrimination complaint following an attempt by the Dean of Instruction to ...