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1. Reflecting on 'The Other Amerrica': Martin Luther King Jr. in Grosse Pointe

Author

Kilar, Jeremy W. and Smith, Bradley F.

Subjects
Grosse Pointe, Michigan -- History, Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968, Racism -- History, Race relations -- History, Civil rights workers -- Death of, History
Abstract

On March 14, 1968, a crowd packed the gymnasium at Grosse Pointe High School to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. The activist came to the virtually all-white suburb at [...]

Published
2023

2. Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester

Author

Hernández, Arelis R.

Subjects
Murder -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Pardon -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Black Lives Matter -- Personalities -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

Byline: Arelis R. Hernández Republican Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting of a protester during a Black Lives Matter march, on [...]

Published
2024

3. India held PM's plane in air to force 2018 meeting on Sikh activists in Canada

Author

Fife, Robert, Macdonald, Nancy, and Mercer, Greg

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Foreign policy -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Sikhs -- Death of, Murder -- Investigations, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT FIFE, NANCY MACDONALD, GREG MERCER India refused to let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plane land during a visit in 2018 unless he and his defence minister agreed to [...]

Published
2024

4. Prisoner publicly hanged from crane amid protests against Iran

Author

Gambrell, Jon

Subjects
Iran -- Demonstrations and protests, Mahsa Amini Protests, Iran, 2022, Prisoners -- Death of, Electric cranes -- Usage, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Usage, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jon Gambrell, ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy, publicly [...]

Published
2022

5. Men wrongly convicted of killing Malcolm X to get $26 million settlement

Author

Iati, Marisa

Subjects
Wrongful convictions (Law) -- Remedies, Murder -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Compromise and settlement, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Marisa Iati A man exonerated in the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X and the estate of another man whose conviction was thrown out will receive $26 million [...]

Published
2022

6. Justice Overdue: Reinvestigating The Murder Of Malcolm X (Podcast)

Author

Williams, April N.

Subjects
Assassination of Malcolm X, 1965, Murder -- Investigations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Business, international
Abstract

In This Podcast Episode In late February of 1965, Malcolm X was murdered at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. In the days after the famous civil rights leader's [...]

Published
2023

7. Judge tosses convictions in killing of Malcolm X

Author

Sisak, Michael R. and Peltz, Jennifer

Subjects
Wrongful convictions (Law) -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights [...]

Published
2021

8. In Africa, do black lives matter?

Subjects
Murder -- Investigations, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest, Government, Business, international
Abstract

Alfred Olango's murder in California was the latest incident in a pattern of violence against Africans that dates back at least to the early 1960s. More importantly, it is viscerally [...]

Published
2016

9. Federal Inquiry Leaves Questions Unanswered

Author

Leland, John

Subjects
Assassination of Malcolm X, 1965, Wrongful convictions (Law), Murder -- Cases, Exoneration, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Scholars have never accepted the official explanation for the murder. That is unlikely to change. Even before a judge tossed out the convictions of two men who had been found [...]

Published
2021

10. Exonerations in Malcolm X's Death Are Official but 'Bittersweet'

Author

Bromwich, Jonah E., Southall, Ashley, and Closson, Troy

Subjects
Assassination of Malcolm X, 1965, Murder -- Cases, Exoneration, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

An emotional crowd burst into applause in a packed Manhattan courtroom Thursday after the judge threw out the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam. Muhammad A. Aziz stood up [...]

Published
2021

11. Conviction in Malcolm X's 1965 assassination to be vacated Thursday

Author

Jacobs, Shayna and Trent, Sydney

Subjects
Assassination of Malcolm X, 1965, Assassination -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Shayna Jacobs and Sydney Trent NEW YORK - Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday will move to vacate the conviction of at least one of the men who served decades in [...]

Published
2021

12. An NYPD cop allegedly confessed to aiding Malcolm X's assassination. His daughter says his letter is fake

Author

Hawkins, Derek

Subjects
New York, New York. Police Department -- Officials and employees, Assassination of Malcolm X, 1965, Police -- Family -- Records and correspondence, Civil rights workers -- Death of, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Derek Hawkins A letter purporting to contain a New York police officer's deathbed confession about his involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X is a fake, the officer's daughter [...]

Published
2021

15. Price of a life--or death

Author

Pringle, Peter

Subjects
Bloody Sunday, 1972 -- Investigations, Criminal investigation -- Investments, Political violence -- Investigations, Armed Forces -- Investigations, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company investment, Company legal issue, Political science
Abstract

The cost of the British government's second inquiry into the events of 30 January 1972, the so-called 'Bloody Sunday' on which 13 unarmed civil rights marchers were killed, has risen to UKPd80 million, far in excess of the compensation paid to the victims. Whether or not this new inquiry has been beneficial for anybody, has turned up any new evidence, or is worth the money spent on it is examined.

Published
2002

16. Special Editon: Saint Andrew AME Church Choir Performs On This 40th Anniversary Of The Assassination Of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King

Subjects
Choirs (Music) -- Performances, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Anniversaries
Abstract

To view this video, click here: http://feeds.shadowtv.com/feed/player/D41C22B9-9DE3-9046-E181-F23B217D30DC/1GOOwtdNK+fVG9ViJjsIWuGIvG0CZ1Ww Live in Memphis, Tennessee the Saint Andrew AME Church choir, led by Reverend Dr. Kenneth Robinson perform a song about Jesus. Live shot […]

Published
2008

17. Special Edition: 40 Years Later: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Martin Luther King, III and Reverend Bernice King Discusses Their Father's Death

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Influence, Civil rights workers -- Family, Ministers (Clergy) -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Politicians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Abstract

To view this video, click here: http://feeds.shadowtv.com/feed/player/D41C22B9-9DE3-9046-E181-F23B217D30DC/+mXi+f6zQqtJ77EFgLGFE1t1D5Qw5L/p In a two-way remote interview with Curry (outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, from Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, III (standing next […]

Published
2008

18. Who Shot King?: 40 Years Later, Questions Still Loom

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89372291 CHERYL CORLEY, host: I'm Cheryl Corley, in for Michel Martin. And this is Tell Me More from NPR News. Coming up, the [...]

Published
2008

19. James Earl Ray's Undying Appeal for Freedom

Subjects
Assassins -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89372294 CHERYL CORLEY, host: We are going to continue our conversation about the King assassination. James Earl Ray died in 1998. And shortly [...]

Published
2008

20. Vivid Recollections of the Day King Was Killed

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Assassination -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89381991 FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King […]

Published
2008

21. Delayed Justice for Unsolved Civil Rights Cases?

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Government regulation
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11260293 TONY COX, host: And our last headline takes us back in time. Today marks the anniversary of the deaths of three Mississippi […]

Published
2007

22. Civil Rights Murder Indictment, Sharpton and Romney Spar, Cisco Discrimination

Subjects
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Investigations, Police, State -- Cases, Murder -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Computer network equipment industry -- Investigations, Employment discrimination -- Investigations, Computer network equipment industry, Company legal issue, Cisco Systems Inc. -- Investigations
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10121245 FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. Coming up on the show, we have got […]

Published
2007

23. Al-Qaida, Emmett Till Case

Subjects
Al-Qaeda -- International relations, Al-Qaeda -- Political aspects, Border security -- Political aspects, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company public relations
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7662629 TONY COX, host: This is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Tony Cox, in for Farai Chideya. On today's Roundtable, al-Qaida re-emerges as a […]

Published
2007

24. It was a flashpoint in the civil rights movement

Subjects
Civil rights movements -- Social aspects, Voter registration -- Demographic aspects, Civil rights workers -- Death of, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Voting Rights Act of 1965
Abstract

ANNE-MARIE GREEN: It was a flashpoint in the civil rights movement. Fifty years ago this summer, three civil rights workers--Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman--were abducted and killed in [...]

Published
2014

25. The Joshua Generation

Author

Remnick, David

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, General interest, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

1 Barack Obama could not run his campaign for the Presidency based on political accomplishment or on the heroic service of his youth. His record was too slight. His Democratic [...]

Published
2008

27. Cause of slain civil rights activist still resonates, 50 years later

Author

Kauffman, Gretel

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Race discrimination, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Gretel Kauffman Fifty years have passed since the murder of civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels by an angry segregationist in Lowndes County, Ala., but those who knew Mr. Daniels [...]

Published
2015

28. Reviving Eudora Welty's Account Of Medgar Evers

Subjects
Authors -- Works, Civil rights workers -- Death of
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=188022939 MARTIN: In 1963, Eudora Welty wrote a story about the assassination of civil rights leader Medger Evers. The New Yorker magazine decided […]

Published
2013

29. F.B.I. Papers Yield Clues in a Long-Ago Vanishing

Author

Lyman, Rick

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Reports -- Records and correspondence, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Missing persons -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Cheryl Robinson says she has waited more than four decades to find out what happened to her husband, an Alabama civil rights activist who disappeared, and now she thinks she [...]

Published
2014

30. This month in history

Subjects
April, Motion picture actors and actresses -- Achievements and awards, Earthquakes -- Casualties -- Iran -- United States, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary, Social sciences
Abstract

1964 On 13 April 1964, the acting profession's top award, the Oscar, went to a black actor for the first time. Sidney Poitier won the best actor Oscar for his [...]

Published
2010

31. January-February 1965

Subjects
American Broadcasting Companies Inc. -- Contracts -- Youth market, Television broadcasting industry -- Contracts -- Youth market, Football players -- Contracts, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Television journalists -- Contracts, Contract agreement, History, Military and naval science, Regional focus/area studies, New York Jets -- Contracts
Abstract

ABC goes younger, music turns to Motown, pro football nabs a new star and troll dolls turn up everywhere with their good-luck locks PETER JENNINGS WITH THE NEWS begins on [...]

Published
2015

32. Civil rights leader Shuttlesworth dies

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: From staff and wire reports The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the civil rights icon hailed by Martin Luther King for his courage and tenacity, died Wednesday. He was 89. 'Daddy [...]

Published
2011

33. Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Author

Kissock, Brian

Subjects
Northern Ireland -- Social aspects -- History, Bloody Sunday, 1972, Peace -- Appreciation, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Religions -- Relations, God -- Love, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Brian Kissock The recently released 5,000-page Saville report revealed facts surrounding the events in Northern Ireland in 1972, which became known as Bloody Sunday - a day when British [...]

Published
2010

35. James Forman, 76, key activist among youth during civil rights movement in '60s dies

Subjects
Forman, James, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -- Officials and employees, Civil rights workers -- Death of, African Americans -- Death of, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Death of, Officials and employees
Abstract

James Forman, the civil rights leader who had the best rapport among Black students during the confrontational '60s, died quietly at a Washington, D.C. hospice. He was 76 and suffered [...]

Published
2005

36. A farewell and a welcome

Subjects
Funerals -- Media coverage, Newspaper editors -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Graham was a young reporter when Mandela was charged with sabotage in October 1963, and her late husband was one of a team of journalists who covered the trial. 'As [...]

Published
2013

41. Ex-KKK member guilty in killings

Author

Nichols, Bill and Mitchell, Jerry

Subjects
Ku Klux Klan -- Officials and employees, Ku Klux Klan -- Cases, Murder -- Cases, Hate groups -- Officials and employees, Hate groups -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Crimes against, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue
Published
2005

42. Mississippi man called architect of 1964 killings

Author

Hart, Lianne

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Murder -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Ku Klux Klan -- Officials and employees
Published
2005

43. Residents hope trial will heal Miss. town

Author

Nichols, Bill

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Crimes against, Murder -- Cases, Criminal justice, Administration of, Murder trials, Company legal issue
Published
2005

45. The killer and the trusting Canucks: the man who murdered Martin Luther King in 1968 later found Ottawa extremely helpful

Author

Bethune, Brian

Subjects
Assassination, Assassins -- Cases -- Emigration and immigration, Murder -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Musicologists still argue over which particular demon was on Robert Johnson's mind when the blues giant wrote Hellhound on My Trail--booze, drugs, or Satan himself in hot pursuit of the [...]

Published
2010

48. Mourners say goodbye, and thank you, to Rosa Parks

Author

Bailey, Ruby L. and Hackney, Suzette

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Appreciation, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Funerals, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2005

50. In Tuskegee, crowds march to honor a daughter

Author

Hackney, Suzette

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Appreciation, Funerals, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2005

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