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Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCivil Rights in Mississippi.” “Though long overdue, this award is a fitting tribute to Medgar Evers...
Civil rights leaders blast Supreme Court at their doorstep
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCivil rights leaders from around the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday to protest book...
North Carolina voter ID lawsuit heading to trial 5 years after filing
WSOC via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago“Our elected officials are using redistricting...election laws to restrict access to our democracy...
Analysis-Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan
Reuters via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoDonald Trump's pledge to fight what he calls "anti-white feeling" in the U.S. will likely embolden...
Death of Frank Tyson, Ohio man who told police 'I can't breathe' has echoes of George Floyd
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe cause of death has not been released. The Stark County chapter of the NAACP on Friday posted a...
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down...
Federal judges throw out Louisiana congressional map with second Black District
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThose rulings sprang from the efforts of civil rights and voting rights groups like the NAACP Legal...
'We seek justice and accountability': NAACP calls for federal investigation into death of Frank...
WKYC Cleveland· 2 days agoCanton man who died last month while in the custody of the Canton Police Department. In a letter to...
US appeals court will not rehear case over Pa. mail-in ballots. Will SCOTUS take it on?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBaxter held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires election officials to count mail-in ballots...
3rd Circuit rejects request by voting rights groups to reargue undated ballots case
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA panel of U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled in March that Act 77, which gave voters...