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Civil Rights Leaders John Lewis and C.T. Vivian Died Within Hours of Each Other

Civil rights movement leaders and icons of social justice Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian…

Harron Walker

7/18/20 3:22PM

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12/11/19

Women Denied Entry From Strip Club Spark Civil Rights Battle In Florida

Strip clubs instituting arbitrary, sexist policies against women isn’t an uncommon phenomenon. For every story of a…

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Rosa Parks Gets Her Own Statue in Montgomery, Alabama

Sunday marked exactly 64 years since Rosa Parks sparked a movement by refusing to yield her seat for a white…

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On This Day, The Little Rock Nine Started School

Today in 1957, nine African American students were escorted by federal troops through a screaming white crowd into…

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Remember the Leesburg Stockade Girls

Fifty five years ago this month, a group of teenage girls were locked in a 19th-century stockade in the Georgia…

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Linda Brown, Who Sparked Brown V. Board Of Education Case, Dies at 75

Linda Brown, who in 1951 became the leading figure in the Brown v. Board of Education case, died on Sunday in…

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Sandra Bundy, Whose Landmark Case Changed Sexual Harassment Laws, Gets Film Treatment

In 1981, Sandra Bundy won her court case Bundy v. Jackson, which established that sexual harassment in the…

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Appeals Court Rules That Civil Rights Act Protects LGBTQ Workers

On Monday, a Manhattan US Appeals court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from discrimination…

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The Education Department Will Reject Bathroom Complaints from Transgender Students

The Department of Education confirmed with BuzzFeed on Monday that they will not look at complaints from transgender…

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The Internet Salutes Civil Rights Activist and Comic Forefather Dick Gregory

Civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who passed away on Saturday at age 84, will be missed.

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Chicago Court Rules That Civil Rights Act Protects LGBT Employees from Workplace Discrimination

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that LGBT employees are protected from workplace discrimination…

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New York Man Charged With Hate Crime For Attacking Two Transgender Women Trying to Enter a McDonald's

A 38-year-old Long Island man named Patrick O’Meara has been charged with a hate crime after assaulting two…

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Trump Administration Withdraws Defense of Obama's Transgender Student Policy

The Trump administration—not a big fan of injunctions lately or being told what to do, period—is also obviously fine…

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Martin Luther King III Calls His Meeting With Donald Trump 'Constructive'

Today, President-elect Donald Trump met Martin Luther King III—one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s sons—at Trump Tower.…

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Rep. John Lewis: 'I Don't See This President-Elect As a Legitimate President'

Citing Russian interference in the election, civil rights hero and Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. John Lewis …

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President Obama Names Five New National Monuments, Including Those That Honor Civil Rights Movement

And now for some good news: on Thursday, President Obama named five new national monuments, establishing his legacy…

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Watch Rep. John Lewis Passionately Invoke Civil Rights Movement in Protest of Sessions Nomination

Today’s confirmation hearing for Sen. Jeff Sessions’s Attorney General appointment was unusual in that three sitting…

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

1/11/17 2:01PM

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Entertainment

Andra Day and Bonnie Raitt Pay Tribute to Mavis Staples, Bard of the Civil Rights Movement

Mavis Staples, the gospel and R&B legend who was a prominent voice of the civil rights movement, was one of the…

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After Nearly a Month, Pat McCrory Concedes to Roy Cooper in North Carolina Governor's Race

In a video released on Monday, Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory ended almost a full month of political…

Ellie Shechet

12/05/16 1:45PM

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