Civil rights pioneer Joseph McNeil reflects on Greensboro sit-in 65 years later
Joseph McNeil and the Greensboro Four staged a sit-in at a Whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960, a protest that ...
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War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years to end deadlock
In this photo released by the Lebanese Presidency Press Office, Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, center, meets with Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam, right, and parliament speaker Nabih Berri ...
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Baker remembered as Civil Rights Pioneer
On Feb. 10, 2024, Scott Sosebee, a Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin University and the Executive Director of the East Texas Historical Association, wrote a column on “Wendell Baker ...
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Ceremony honors life, legacy of civil rights pioneer Rose Parks
Mesa College is celebrating her birthday with an event remembering her pivotal work for public transit during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Trump signs 'No Men in Women's Sports' executive order How ...
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2/4th Pioneer Battalion
The 2/4th Pioneer Battalion was raised at Greta army camp in February ... After some leave the pioneers regrouped for jungle training on the Atherton Tablelands. However, the war was nearly when the ...
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2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
The 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion was raised in May 1940 at Glenfield ... The 2/3rd fought alongside the 9th Division for the rest of the war. By July 1942 the battle in North Africa became critical for the ...
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In pictures: Memorial service held for civil rights pioneer Dr Paul Stephenson
A memorial service was held today (January 31) in honour of civil rights pioneer and Bristol icon Dr Paul Stephenson. Dr Stephenson, who was one of the three leaders behind the Bristol Bus Boycott ...
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Amid Hope and Despair, Myanmar’s Civil War Enters Its Fifth Year
Myanmar marks four years of a bloody civil war on Saturday with anti-regime forces holding the upper hand on battlefields across the country amid growing hopes that the junta led by Senior Gen.
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Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
The military records show that Melvin Bean, Samuel Blalock, John Burns, Albert D.J. Cashier, Lyons Wakeman and Frank Thompson fought on American battlefields during the Civil War. Research shows ...
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Warfare: Release date, plot, cast and more about Alex Garland's upcoming war film
"Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, ...
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Revolutionary War hero, Madison County pioneer honored in Hazel Green
The city council voted last week to raise the salaries of the mayor and council members for the next term. A Decatur man was arrested in Priceville after reportedly stepping into oncoming traffic on ...