Jul 18
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Civil rights movement leaders and icons of social justice Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian…
Dec 11
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Strip clubs instituting arbitrary, sexist policies against women isn’t an uncommon phenomenon. For every story of a…
Dec 1
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Sunday marked exactly 64 years since Rosa Parks sparked a movement by refusing to yield her seat for a white…
Sep 25 2018
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Today in 1957, nine African American students were escorted by federal troops through a screaming white crowd into…
Jul 16 2018
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Fifty five years ago this month, a group of teenage girls were locked in a 19th-century stockade in the Georgia…
Mar 26 2018
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Linda Brown, who in 1951 became the leading figure in the Brown v. Board of Education case, died on Sunday in…
Mar 16 2018
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In 1981, Sandra Bundy won her court case Bundy v. Jackson, which established that sexual harassment in the…
Feb 26 2018
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On Monday, a Manhattan US Appeals court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from discrimination…
Feb 12 2018
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The Department of Education confirmed with BuzzFeed on Monday that they will not look at complaints from transgender…
Aug 20 2017
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Civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who passed away on Saturday at age 84, will be missed.
Apr 4 2017
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On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that LGBT employees are protected from workplace discrimination…
Mar 19 2017
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A 38-year-old Long Island man named Patrick O’Meara has been charged with a hate crime after assaulting two…
Feb 12 2017
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The Trump administration—not a big fan of injunctions lately or being told what to do, period—is also obviously fine…
Jan 16 2017
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Today, President-elect Donald Trump met Martin Luther King III—one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s sons—at Trump Tower.…
Jan 13 2017
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Citing Russian interference in the election, civil rights hero and Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. John Lewis …
Jan 12 2017
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And now for some good news: on Thursday, President Obama named five new national monuments, establishing his legacy…
Jan 11 2017
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Today’s confirmation hearing for Sen. Jeff Sessions’s Attorney General appointment was unusual in that three sitting…
Dec 28 2016
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Mavis Staples, the gospel and R&B legend who was a prominent voice of the civil rights movement, was one of the…
Dec 5 2016
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In a video released on Monday, Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory ended almost a full month of political…
Sep 29 2016
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An East Tennessee State University student has been criminally charged after he showed up at a Black Lives Matter…