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Students participate in civil rights tour, reenact 1965 Selma marches on 60th anniversary
This is the second year Emory students have participated in the tour organized by the A. D. King Foundation, a non-profit ...
Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to “the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to fight integrated schools.
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Civil Rights Books
The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books for kids of all ages. From beautifully illustrated picture books to memoirs that depict the Jim Crow South to biographies of ...
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5 Must-Read Essays by James Baldwin
Born in Harlem, NY, in 1924, James Baldwin had a calling from a young age to be a writer and activist during the Civil Rights Movement. At age 24, he moved to France so he could write more freely and ...
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Learning From the Courage of the Civil Rights Movement
It was very difficult to keep going when all our efforts seemed in vain,” Rosa Parks described her work in the 1940s and ...
60 years after Selma, we face an anti-human rights backlash | Column
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...
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The political rise of the anti-vax movement
While traditional political parties around the world are struggling to appear relevant, the anti-vaccine movement is one of ... parental rights,” he says. “There was this rightward shift.” ...
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Supreme Court rules against drivers in a case advocates say could make civil-rights claims harder
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Supreme Court is seen in the distance, framed through columns of the U.S. Senate at the Capitol in ...
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What is the Iowa Civil Rights Act? Here's how the law protects Iowans from discrimination
Iowa Republicans are seeking to remove gender identity as a protected class in the state's civil rights act, ending 18 years of protection from discrimination for transgender Iowans. House ...
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Where Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Nominee Harmeet Dhillon Stands on Civil Liberties
As President Donald Trump rolls out his key nominations, we analyze how his nominee for assistant attorney general for civil rights will impact civil liberties. President Donald Trump has nominated ...
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Nat King Cole’s Often Overlooked Role in the Civil Rights Movement
Examining Cole through the lens of his activism uncovers the nuanced ways in which he challenged the status quo and contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. Beneath the polished veneer of his public ...
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Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state’s civil rights code
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters filled the Iowa state Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 to denounce a bill that ...