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14 Black women who proved they were the real architects of the Civil Rights Movement
As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...
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Black History Month playlist: 25 songs of civil rights, protest and hope
Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by ...
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What Is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What's Included and History
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...
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Gloria Campbell remembered as the 'mother of the civil rights movement' in Danville
Gloria Campbell, who died Thursday at 94, was an icon of the local Civil Rights Movement, along with her husband, Bishop Lawrence Campbell Sr. They both led civil rights protests in Danville at ...
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Gloria Campbell, hailed as matriarch of Danville’s civil rights movement, dies
Gloria W. Campbell, once hailed as the matriarch of Danville’s Civil Rights Movement, died Thursday. She was 94. Her death was announced by Bibleway Cathedral, a church she co-founded with her ...
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Justice Department Orders a Halt to Civil Rights Work
By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of Biden-era ...
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Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos said. Another memo ...
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Justice Department Orders Civil Rights Division To Temporarily Pause All Cases, Report Says
The Justice Department ordered its civil rights division to pause ongoing litigation and not engage in any new cases, according to The Washington Post, issuing the order Wednesday as Republican ...
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US Justice Dept freezes its civil rights litigation
The seal of the United States Department of Justice is seen on the building exterior of the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York City ...
The Washington Post22d
Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division
The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt much of its investigative activity dating from the Biden administration and not pursue new indictments, cases or settlements ...
The Grio22d
Trump’s dismantling of EEOC and Civil Rights Act enforcement will have chilling effect for Black workers
Civil rights leaders and elected officials are seething after President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to eliminate DEI federal programs and decades-old enforcement of the Civil ...
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US Justice Department freezes its civil rights litigation
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden ...