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Asian Americans who sparked national movement after Vincent Chin's death continue fighting
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Helen Zia read in the newspaper almost 40 years ago that the men who killed Vincent Chin in...
How one woman fought bigotry and helped change the way Asian Americans see themselves
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThough hardly a household name to the general public, Helen Zia is a trailblazer — to some, a legend...
7 moments of Asian American and Black American solidarity
Stacker via AOL· 4 weeks agoPhoto illustration by Elizabeth Ciano // Stacker // MPI // Getty Images; NARA; Library of Congress...
As Supreme Court considers affirmative action, a former critic of the policy voices regret
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoBack in 2013, as a senior in high school, Michael Wang sent a series of emails to admissions offices...
Civil rights icon John Lewis, more to be honored with new USPS stamps
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLate Georgia Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement who served in Congress for...
The US military integrated 75 years ago. It forever changed the way America works.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen President Harry S. Truman addressed the NAACP in June 1947, becoming the first United States...
Opinion: Immigrant communities are indebted to the civil rights movement. But when will they grapple...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech, there's a chance...
Happy Black History Month! Here's what to know about how it started, the 2024 theme, more
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHighlighting the achievements and societal contributions of diverse peoples is important year-round,...
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders...
Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. following her formal...