via Wkyc: Cleveland Indians legend Larry Doby earned many accolades during his extraordinary life and career. Doby was the first African-American to play in the American League, following shortly behind Jackie Robinson in 1947. He was a 7-time All-Star, led the American League in homers twice and was inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in […]
Congresswoman Terri Sewell wants the Civil Rights marchers of Selma to be recognized by Congress for the work and sacrifices they made in the fight for…
Fifty years after their instrumental role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Tuesday. The presentation of the medal for the Kings — considered the foremost leaders of the 1960s Civil Rights […]
With the presentation of a small blue box, the African American Museum in Philadelphia received a giant national treasure Tuesday as it was lent the Congressional Gold Medal bestowed on Rosa Parks, known as the mother of the modern civil rights movement. “We could not be more honored than to have this piece of history […]
The first African American Marines, also known as Montford Point Marines, will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center today at 3 p.m. They will also be the guests of honor at a parade hosted by the Commandant of the Marine Corps at Marine Barracks […]
An Ohio man who’s among the few survivors left from a group remembered as the first black Marines will be on his way to Washington to receive one of the nation’s highest honors. Jonas Bender of Yellow Springs in southwest Ohio will be presented with the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. The World War II […]
