Civil Rights

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Tennessee’s Republican Senate expelled two Black lawmakers for addressing gun violence

April 10, 2023

Tennessee Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the...

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Alphonso David settles lawsuit against the Human Rights Campaign

March 27, 2023

Alphonso David, the first Black president of the...

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Biden issues warning about the U.S. Supreme Court

March 6, 2023

President Joe Biden walked across the Edmund Pettus...

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Newspapers kicked the cartoon “Dibert” to the curb after calling “Blacks a hate group” and saying they are “lazy”

February 27, 2023

The comic strip â€œDibertâ€ has been dropped by...

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Malcolm X’s daughters sue government agencies for $100 million

February 27, 2023

Two of Malcolm Xâ€™s daughters have sued the...

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Governor Ron De Santis to speak to Illinois cops

February 27, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will speak Monday in...

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Confederate flag bearer gets prison time to think about what he did

February 14, 2023

A Delaware man who carried a Confederate battle...

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Edgar Daniel Nixon played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott

January 16, 2023

Edgar Daniel Nixon, known as E. D. Nixon, was...

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DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING AND CORETTA SCOTT KING PAID FOR THE BIRTH OF ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING WINNING ACTRESS JULIA ROBERTS

November 28, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta...

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Emmett Till’s statue stands tall

October 24, 2022

A statue honoring Emmett Till, who was murdered...