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Boeing shares fell around 8% in premarket trading on Monday after the FAA grounded dozens of 737 Max 9 planes. This was in response to an incident on Friday where a door plug blew out mid-flight on an Alaska Airlines…

The role of civil rights attorney may not exist as we know it today if it weren't for Charles Hamilton Houston, who received a law degree from Harvard at a time when African Americans were not even allowed membership in…

Many Civil Rights Movement leaders would arguably have struggled to reach national attention if not for coverage by the Associated Negro Press, which was founded by Claude Barnett in 1919 in the hopes of connecting activists and their work to…

The 1963 March on Washington is considered by many to be a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement and was the venue where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech—but the march would not…

Robert Weaver's work towards urban reform spanned several presidencies. While he was board chairman of the NAACP, John F. Kennedy appointed him the director of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, marking the then-highest position ever held by an African…

Many may not realize that Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus was not an isolated or spontaneous occurrence; it was actually part of an orchestrated boycott. Nine months before Parks' act of resistance, 15-year-old Claudette…

Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.

As president of Arkansas' chapter of the NAACP, Daisy Bates played a pivotal role in advising the "Little Rock Nine" in 1957. Prior to that, Bates and her husband co-founded the Arkansas State Press, an outspokenly pro-civil rights newspaper. This…

The 1965 Selma to Montgomery march was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement, and Amelia Boynton Robinson stood at its center. Already a voting rights activist in Selma in the early 1960s, it was Robinson who asked Martin…

In 1994, Dino Ciccarelli becomes the 19th NHL player to score 500 career goals in the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Packers running back Aaron Jones celebrates during the second half of Sunday’s game against the Bears in Green Bay, Wis.

Chris Kirk tosses his ball to his caddy on the second green during Sunday's final round of The Sentry at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii.

Memphis forward Nae'Qwan Tomlin dunks the ball defended by SMU forward Samuell Williamson during the first half of Sunday's game in Memphis, Tenn.

From left to right, South Dakota State's Garret Greenfield, quarterback Mark Gronowski, Jason Freeman and Mason McCormick celebrate with the trophy after Sunday's victory over Montana at the FCS Championship in Frisco, Texas.

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence argues a call with officials during the second half of Sunday’s game against the Titans in Nashville, Tenn.

With the Iowa caucus approaching, Republican candidates blanketed the state, courting voters this weekend.2024 is our final battle, said former President Donald Trump, encouraging turnout even with dominant primary polling, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador…