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In this 2014 file photo, Robert “Bob” Moses, the former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee project director, discusses the importance of Freedom Summer 1964 during the 50th Anniversary conference at Tougaloo College in Jackson. Moses, a civil rights activist, died Sunday in Hollywood, Florida. He was 86. (By The Associated Press)

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Robert Moses, 1960s civil rights activist, dies at age of 86
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Tue,07/27/21-2:00AM , 1199 Reads
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
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Poll: Most who are unvaccinated don’t want shots
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Sat,07/24/21-2:00AM , 768 Reads
Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states.
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The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, is shown in 2017. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $3 million in preservation grants to an Alabama consortium that includes the church, plus dozens more sites across the nation. (Associated Press)

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Black history sites, groups to get $3M in grants
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Fri,07/16/21-2:00AM , 1246 Reads
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A fund formed in response to the deadly racial violence four years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, said Thursday it will award $3 million in grants to more than three dozen groups and sites nationwide to help preserve landmarks linked to Black history.
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News face additional charges
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Fri,07/16/21-2:00AM , 2243 Reads
JACKSON — A federal grand jury has indicted a mother and son accused of improperly obtaining millions of dollars from the state of Mississippi on additional charges.
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