civil rights movement
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If You’re A Republican Lawmaker Planning To Post An MLK Quote On Monday, Just Don’t.
Republicans take MLK day off or better yet, tell the truth about his history.
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Reverend Bernice King Urges To Redirect Attention Towards Racism and Not Focus On ‘False Narratives’ About CRT
King stated that racism, extreme poverty, militarism were some of the issues we should be focused on.
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Tell Me Something Good: Biden Wants Changes To the Filibuster For Voting Rights, Groups Want Action
The president plans to call for specific changes, but some fear it might already be too late.
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Lani Guinier, Legal Scholar and Civil Rights Champion, Dies at 71
A Republican-driven attack on her views on voting rights led President Clinton to rescind his nomination to appoint her as assistant attorney general in 1993.
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Louisiana Governor Pardons Plessy, 125 Years After ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling in Plessy v Ferguson
30-year-old mixed race shoemaker, Homer Plessy, was arrested for sitting on a whites only train car in 1897. The case made way for decades of segregation laws.
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Maxine McNair, Last Living Parent of Child Killed In 1963 Church Dies At 93
"We are going to miss her laughter and her humor. The family would appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers.” her family said
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Georgia City Task Force Votes to Demolish Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, a Restaurant Honoring a Pre-Civil War South
Black servers danced on tables with wooden menus around their necks and civil rights activist Fanny Williams pretended she was once a slave in front of diners.
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Civil Rights Champion Claudette Colvin Sees Her Juvenile Record Expunged 66 Years After Arrest Over Bus Seat
"The hardship and intimidation that took place in those years and the reason I took a stand to defy the segregated law," Covin says as record is cleared.
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On MLK Day, His Family Wants To Put Voting Rights Front and Center–Not Celebration
MLK's children are calling on Congress and the Biden Administration to act on voting legislation.