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Artist Branly Cadet's <em>Arise</em> sculpture at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.,<em> </em>portrays community activists.

A civil rights memorial in Alabama expands to document lynching victims' stories

Apr 21, 2022
The Equal Justice Initiative addresses America's history of racial violence at a time when state lawmakers nationwide have been trying to limit teaching about divisive topics in public schools.
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Politics

After more than a century of trying, Congress passes an anti-lynching bill

Mar 07, 2022
Passage of the legislation to make lynching a federal crime is a major milestone after more than 200 attempts to pass such legislation failed over the course of a century.
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National
Autherine Lucy Foster reacts during the dedication ceremony for Autherine Lucy Foster Hall in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Feb. 25, 2022.

First Black University of Alabama student dies days after a building is named for her

Mar 04, 2022
Autherine Lucy Foster's death comes less than a week after university officials dedicated the campus building where she briefly attended classes in her honor.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Three ex-Minneapolis police officers guilty of violating George Floyd's civil rights

Feb 24, 2022
A jury found that Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao all deprived Floyd of his right to medical care, and that two of them failed to intervene as Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.
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Law
Former Minneapolis police officers, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are on trial in federal court accused of violating George Floyd's civil rights as fellow officer Derek Chauvin killed him.

Prosecutor in George Floyd civil rights trial says 3 officers 'chose to do nothing'

Feb 22, 2022
A major part of the three former police officers' defense is that they were inadequately trained in intervention and that they deferred to the senior officer on the scene.
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Law
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane testified at his federal trial that officers considered using a type of restraint known as the hobble because George Floyd was kicking and had hurt himself, but that it seemed "excessive" because an ambulance

Defense rests in federal trial of 3 police officers in George Floyd's killing

Feb 21, 2022
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane's co-defendants, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, presented their cases last week.
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Law

Racist, violent evidence presented in federal trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers

Feb 16, 2022
Offensive memes, racist songs and slurs against Black people from the cellphones and social media accounts of the three men on trial portray a history of bigotry.
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National

First Black University of Alabama student to share a building name with a Klan leader

Feb 04, 2022
A University of Alabama building will share the names of a Klan leader and its first Black student
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World
Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s.

Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon

Nov 30, 2021
The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.
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Technology
Facebook's parent company, Meta, is studying whether its platforms treat users differently based on race.

Facebook will examine whether it treats Black users differently

Nov 18, 2021
Black users, and even some of the company's own employees, have accused the social media giant of racial bias for years.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Democratic senators, led by Cory Booker of New Jersey, say they worry about how Google's products and policies may perpetuate bias.

Senate Democrats Urge Google To Investigate Racial Bias In Its Tools And The Company

Jun 02, 2021
The senators say products such as Google Search and YouTube may "perpetuate racist stereotypes" and the tech giant may not be a safe workplace for Black employees.
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National
Federal law enforcement officers fire impact munitions and tear gas at protesters demonstrating against racism and police violence in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 16, 2020. Through the end of 2020, the major

DOJ Uses Civil Rights-Era Law To Charge Protesters And Insurrectionists

May 22, 2021
Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.
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Code Switch
The cover of Paula Yoo's forthcoming book <em>From A Whisper To A Rallying Cry</em>

How Vincent Chin's Death Gave Others A Voice

Mar 27, 2021
Paula Yoo discusses her new book From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry and how the 1982 death of Chin, a Chinese American man in Detroit, led a new generation of Asian Americans into political action.
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National
Charleston resident Tia Clark teaches tourists the coastal South Carolina tradition of catching blue crabs. She and her wife say the Equality Act would make it easier for them to adopt a child.

Equality Act Would Extend Civil Rights Laws To LGBTQ People Throughout U.S.

Mar 24, 2021
South Carolina is one of about two dozen states that have few or no statewide LGBTQ protections. The federal Equality Act would change that, but some in the state say the bill goes too far.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced the latest executive action on Tuesday, sying, "We are a Commonwealth that believes in moving forward, not being tied down by the mistakes of our past."

Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights

Mar 16, 2021
"Too many of our laws were written during a time of open racism and discrimination, and they still bear the traces of inequity," Gov. Ralph Northam said on Tuesday.
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Religion
Faith groups are deeply split over the Equality Act. Evangelicals, Catholics, Latter-day Saints and Orthodox Jews say it limits religious freedom. Mainline Protestants and other progressive faith groups support it.

Some Faith Leaders Call Equality Act Devastating; For Others, It's God's Will

Mar 10, 2021
Some religious groups fear the Equality Act could undermine the freedom to exercise traditional faith beliefs. Other denominations say anti-LGBTQ discrimination cannot be tolerated.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Students chat while waiting for history class to start at Oak Ridge High School in September of 1955, when the once all-white high school was desegregated by order of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tennessee city's school board is now formally includi

Oak Ridge, Tenn., Will Teach History Of Its Black Students Who Helped End Segregation

Feb 23, 2021
"Today almost no one in America knows about this landmark Civil Rights achievement," the city council said last year, in a proclamation honoring the Oak Ridge 85.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Roy Austin Jr. has been named Facebook's vice president of civil rights, a new position within the company with the mandate to oversee its accountability on racial hatred and discrimination on its platform.

Facebook Taps Former Obama Official As Vice President Of Civil Rights

Jan 11, 2021
Roy Austin Jr. will fill the new position, which was created by Facebook after a scathing audit released in July 2020 concluded the company's policies had caused "serious setbacks for civil rights."
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Code Switch
Negro Union Infantry corporal, holding a Colt model 1849 pocket revolver.

From Negro Militias To Black Armament

Dec 22, 2020
Guns have always loomed large in Black people's lives — going all the way back to the days of colonial slavery, explains reporter Alain Stephens from The Trace.
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Religion
LGBTQ supporters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019.

Religious Freedom Arguments Give Rise To Executive Order Battle

Nov 16, 2020
Legislative remedies prove ineffective in reconciling religious freedom claims with concerns about discrimination, so the battle is waged via executive orders.
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National
After a false rumor circulated that Antifa agitators were coming to Sandpoint and nearby Coeur d'Alene to riot and loot businesses, armed vigilantes and Second Amendment supporters gathered in downtown Coeur d'Alene, alarming some of the residents.

Are Paramilitary Extremists Being Normalized? Look To Idaho For Answers

Oct 17, 2020
The arrests of militiamen who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan's governor echo loudly in the Idaho Panhandle, a region long synonymous with anti-government extremism.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Poet and activist Christopher Coles addresses a crowd in Rochester, N.Y.

Black Protest Leaders To White Allies: 'It's Our Turn To Lead Our Own Fight'

Sep 22, 2020
As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country, a lot of white people joined in to help the cause. In many cities Black leaders are being deliberate about the roles "white allies" play.
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Code Switch
Deloris Melton Gresham in her home in Drew, Miss., holding photographs of her parents Clinton and Beulah Melton.

Clinton Melton: A Man Who Was Killed In Mississippi Just 3 Months After Emmett Till

Aug 27, 2020
The murder of Emmett Till 65 years ago this week became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Radio Diaries tells a lesser-known story of a Black man killed in a nearby town three months later.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at a press briefing Thursday in Kenosha, Wis., in the parking lot of Bert and Rudy's Auto Service, where two protesters were shot and killed Tuesday night.

Rev. Jesse Jackson Addresses Jacob Blake Shooting In Kenosha, Wis.

Aug 27, 2020
In his remarks, the civil rights activist evoked a series of Black victims of violence, from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor,
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Code Switch
A flag drapes across looted shelves in a hardware store during widespread unrest following the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Philadelphia, Penn.

One Author's Argument 'In Defense Of Looting'

Aug 27, 2020
In her new book, writer Vicky Osterweil argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.

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