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Photo courtesy of Community Foundation of Greater MemphisThis Saturday, May 16, something extraordinary opens in Memphis. The National Civil Rights Museum—built around the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968—unveils its new Legacy Building, a landmark expansion debuting in the museum’s 35th anniversary year.
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The peace activist, counterculture icon and philanthropist known as Wavy Gravy turned 90, and San Francisco threw a big party.
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Thousands of people rallied Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama, to push back against conservative states' efforts to dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation.
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Israel says it has killed the leader of Hamas' military wing, one of the architects of the Oct, 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza.
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The new map was drawn by Democrats and approved by voters, but Virginia's high court nullified the referendum because lawmakers failed to follow proper procedure to get the issue on the ballot.
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