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During the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants were vital for protesters and organizers to gather. Here are some of the most ...
Black queer leaders lay the foundations for an inclusive justice movement that paved the way for the BlaQueer liberation and reproductive freedom.
One of the most effective and enduring institutions won by the Civil Rights Movement – the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice – is under assault.
The reality is that Princeton has violated the principles of the Civil Rights Act. It may have gone further: in Morenoff’s estimation, its contracting policy likely ran afoul of New Jersey civil ...
A memo reviewed by CBS News said Trump appointees are considering closing the Community Relations Service, which was created as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil Rights Movement Memphis women, Smith, Walk and Crenshaw, made a difference | Opinion Each of these pioneering Memphis women – Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk, and Cornelia Crenshaw ...
As the school voucher debate unfolds this legislative session, both sides have attempted to pick up the mantle of the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement to make their case about subsidizing ...
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan Legal experts said that unwinding a civil-rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, ...
A newly renovated Civil Rights exhibit is taking visitors from the emergence of the movement to the height of the efforts to fight for equality. The St. Joseph Museums finished renovating its ...
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sharpton has a 60-plus-year history in the civil rights movement. The popular activist got his start as a youth director for Jesse Jackson’s Operation Breadbasket at ...
Why climate activists are becoming more radicalized (and why that’s not a bad thing) by Dana R. Fisher and Hajar Yazdiha, opinion contributors - 01/06/25 8:00 AM ET ...