Civil Rights

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June 24, 2013

Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 Detroit march remembered 50 years later

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June 18, 2013

Clarence Thomas makes rare break with Scalia — a sign of things to come?

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June 16, 2013

Myrlie Evers-Williams: NAACP apologized for denying security detail for Medgar

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June 12, 2013

Myrlie Evers-Williams on 'super human strength' of Medgar 50 years after murder

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June 12, 2013

George Wallace's 'stand in the schoolhouse door,' 50 years later

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June 7, 2013

Racial Justice Act for bias claims in death penalty charges repealed in NC

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June 6, 2013

Report: TSA screening is a magnet for racial profiling

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May 28, 2013

Civil rights pioneer Olivia Ferguson McQueen awarded high school diploma 54 years late

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May 21, 2013

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation ‘eat-in’

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April 12, 2013

Medgar Evers to be remembered 50 years after death

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April 8, 2013

Sharpton-led convention features Holder address, talks on future of black America

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April 8, 2013

Scottsboro Boys pardoned: What other infamous civil rights cases are in need of closure?

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April 1, 2013

A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws

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March 27, 2013

Harrison Ford defends use of n-word in Jackie Robinson biopic ’42’: ‘It’s historically accurate’

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March 10, 2013

From Rosa Parks to the Voting Rights Act: making equal rights a reality for all

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March 3, 2013

Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march

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February 25, 2013

Can escape clause save voting rights provision?

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February 24, 2013

John F. Kennedy holds complex place in black history

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February 4, 2013

US Postal Service issues special Rosa Parks stamp

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January 28, 2013

Civil, racial and labor groups: 'Let’s organize for immigration reform'

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