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Civil rights-era government agency in Justice Department to be purged
A memo reviewed by CBS News said Trump appointees are considering closing the Community Relations Service, which was created ...
21 Civil Rights Activists Who Changed And Will Change History
Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...
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Guest commentary: Civil Rights Movement never ended
The Civil Rights Movement never ended. It’s in a new phase.
Research suggests attacks on higher ed part of a 'political playbook' since the Civil Rights Movement
History has repeatedly shown that moments of major social and political progress are often followed by backlash. For example, ...
With a nod to America's civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he started it more than 25 hours earlier: by ...
On This Day: Truman orders seizure of steel industry
In 1952, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered government seizure of the steel industry to avoid a general strike. In 1960, the ...
On anniversary of MLK Jr.'s death, NJ friends and fans recall meeting a civil rights icon
On the 57th anniversary of his death, North Jersey residents look back at personal encounters with Martin Luther King Jr.
Critics say Republicans’ SAVE Act will make it harder for Black voters and others to cast their ballots
On a mostly party-line basis, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced the SAVE Act, a bill that would […] ...
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On This Day: Truman orders seizure of steel industry
In 1960, the United States Senate passed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1960. President Dwight D. Eisenhower would sign it into law on May 6, 1960. In 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run ...
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Civil rights enforcement agency opens probe into Columbia University over janitors trapped and attacked by anti-Israel mob
Both men are making claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging that they faced ... and lived through the riots of the late 1960s there, added. It is not fully clear when the EEOC ...