Community spotlight: ACCORD Civil Rights Museum

The ACCORD Civil Rights Museum is a nonprofit organization founded by local citizens to remember the 1960s Civil Rights Movement of St. Augustine, Florida led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Robert B. Hayling, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The museum was designed to help educate the public…

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Russian hackers plan new attacks on Western military and civil infrastructure

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A spokesman for the Russian Federal Security Service toldSCMagazineUK.com that Russian hacker groups Energetic Bear, Dragonfly and some others are considering engaging their activities against selected Western countries. The current financial crisis in Russia, seen locally as having been caused by Western…

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March 21 – 23, 2015-015 The 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Civil and Material Engineering

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans 2015 The 2nd  International Conference on Mechanical, Civil and Material Engineering (2015 ICMCME) is a premier forum for all the leading researchers. ICMCME is going to be held in Bali, Indonesia during May  21-23,2015. We welcome academics, independent scholars, as well as top researchers…

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This day in black history: Civil Rights Act signed into law

On May 6, 1960, President D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act in an effort to address the discriminatory laws and practices within the segregated south that deprived African Americans the right to register and vote.  The Civil Rights Act of 1960, established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and provided penalties for…

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Civil rights pioneer: Daisy Bates‏

Daisy Bates was a pivotal civil rights activist and the guide, mentor, and advisor for the Little Rock Nine.  She was also the president of the state of Arkansas’s NAACP branch and helped her husband run a weekly newspaper, the Arkansas State Press, which chronicled the ongoing battle for civil rights…

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