South Carolina honors native son the Rev. Jesse Jackson

Flags were lowered to half-staff this morning in South Carolina, where civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in repose at the state capitol.

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in ...

Charlie Kirk Wrote 'The College Scam.' Now His Face Is on the Department of Education — Next to the Founder of Tuskegee and a Pioneer of Women's Education

The Department of Education just unveiled a massive banner honoring the late Charlie Kirk as one of America’s “heroes in American education.” The banner hangs ... Read More ...

More than a bank: Inside the legacy of Mechanics and Farmers Bank

M&F Bank, North Carolina's only Black-owned bank, continues to foster community growth and support minority-owned businesses, ...

He Marched with Martin Luther King Jr., but Secretly Couldn't Read. At 88, He's Finally Learning (Exclusive)

The civil rights leader didn't know he had dyslexia and hid his illiteracy. Now with the help of an AI program, he's looking ...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of nonviolence still resonates

More than half a century after his death, the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to shape movements around the ...

7 Stephen King Movie Adaptations Equal to the Book

It's always nice to get an adaptation that's on par with the book, as is the case with Stephen King movies like The Long Walk ...

Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina

He will lie in repose this week at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in Chicago before being honored in South Carolina.
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Years ago, novelist Tayari Jones snuck into a writing class. It changed her life

Jones' new novel, Kin, is set in 1950s Louisiana and Atlanta, and tells the story of two young women who grow up next door to ...