UPDATED—10:16 AM 04/28/2025 A rep for the NMAAHC says that no artifacts have been removed. Both the Greensboro lunch counter and the stools where college students sat in protest during the Civil Rights Movement are still on display, according to a statement from a representative to journalist Phil Lewis. “A stool from the sit-ins remains […]
Civil Rights leader and pioneer Gloria Richardson died at the age of 99. She was the first woman to lead a grassroots Civil Rights Movement outside of the Deep South. Her organizing in Cambridge, MD. paved the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Black Power Movement and Black Lives Matter.
Happy MLK Day! Check out what these folks at DC’s MLK Memorial had to say about the icon.
Here’s a little history lesson for you:
