Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is finally getting some of the recognition that he deserves. The home of the assassinated leader has been declared a national monument. “It will always be the home that Medgar Evers and I lived, loved and reared our children in until he was shot in…
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Archived: Stonewall Inn Becomes First National Monument to Honor Gay Rights
Gay Pride parades across the country this weekend took on additional meaning this year following the Orlando massacre, the designation of the first national monument to gay rights and the one-year anniversary of marriage equality. Sunday was exactly two weeks since the Pulse nightclub shooting where 49 people lost their…