civil rights movement

History repeats: Civil rights hero’s great-grandson shows courage

June 9, 2020

In 1957, the white mayor of Little Rock, Ark., showed courage by standing up for nine black students trying to integrate Central High School. Defying…

The humble faith of Jerry Mitchell, an American hero

March 18, 2020

Jerry Mitchell is an American hero — a humble one at that. The Mississippi newspaperman’s courageous journalism helped send four Ku Klux Klan members to…