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The Ambitions of the Civil Rights Movement Went Far Beyond Affirmative Action
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. (fourth from left), A. Philip Randolph (second from right), and other civil...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can't sue
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the...
58 years after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, protecting the Black vote remains a struggle
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoOPINION: New laws in GOP-controlled states have added new barriers to the ballot box for Black...
Civil rights icon Andrew Young passes baton to ASU students: 'Take it the next mile'
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the 1960s, Andrew Young served as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s righthand man and worked tirelessly...
What do the Democrats stand for?
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA donkey, the unofficial symbol of the Democratic Party. The United States fairly quickly developed into a two-party democracy, much to the chagrin of...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
Black Americans' significant economic and civil rights progress threatened, report says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBlack Americans have endured considerable injustices and barriers to prosperity and equality...
House Democrats Introduce Transgender Bill of Rights
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom left: U.S. Reps. Ritchie Torres, David Cicilline, and Pramila Jayapal Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday announced a...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York....