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Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure

Mon, 01/15/2024 - 05:17

group of three people getting into a car as a bus is in the background during Montgomery, Alabama bus boycotts — Three people get into an automobile to car pool during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. An empty city bus is visible in the background.
Don Cravens/The Chronicle Collection/Getty Images

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Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington but was nearly written out of civil rights history because he was openly gay. He was also my life partner.

Sat, 11/18/2023 - 07:09

Tech Insider : Politics

Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin — Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin.
Courtesy of Walter Naegle

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Little Rock Nine members slam restrictions on AP African American Studies course in Arkansas

Sat, 08/19/2023 - 16:10

Tech Insider : Politics

Little Rock Nine — Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine, the students who integrated Central High School in 1957, speak with the media at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.
AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel

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