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Home»Posts tagged with»civil rights

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr?

By VOA on Jan 18, 2021   Featured, National, National/World  

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr?

Martin Luther King Jr., a man who embodied the U.S. civil rights movement, was assassinated more than 50 years ago on April 4, 1968. Here are some key facts about his life. Early life Martin Luther King Jr. was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Martin Luther King Sr., […]

Civil Rights Groups Request Emergency Injuction to Stop Trump ‘Sabotage’ of 2020 Census

By Jon Queally | Common Dreams on Sep 5, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Civil Rights Groups Request Emergency Injuction to Stop Trump ‘Sabotage’ of 2020 Census

  “Fighting a pandemic is already a high hurdle to clear in obtaining an accurate count. It’s outrageous that we must also fight against an administration seeking to skew our population numbers.” Civil rights organizations and local governments in California late Friday filed a request in a San Jose federal court for an emergency nationwide […]

Body of Late Congressman, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Returns to Washington

By VOA on Jul 27, 2020   Featured, National, National/World  

Body of Late Congressman, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Returns to Washington

  The body of the late U.S. congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis returned to Washington on Monday, where it will lie in state as lawmakers and the public pay their last respects to Lewis’ life-long efforts to promote civil rights.   Lewis died last week at the age of 80 after a yearlong […]

Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich to be Commemorated on U.S. $1 Coin

By Jonathon Taylor | Office of the Governor on Jul 1, 2017   Featured, State  

Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich to be Commemorated on U.S. $1 Coin

JUNEAU — The United States Mint has released candidate designs that commemorate Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Law as part of the Native American $1 Coin Program.  The Act (Public Law 110-82) authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins with reverse designs bearing images celebrating […]

Trump Clash with Civil Rights Congressman Fuels Democrat Boycott

By Katherine Gypson | VOA on Jan 17, 2017   Featured, National, Politics  

Trump Clash with Civil Rights Congressman Fuels Democrat Boycott

CAPITOL HILL — Presidential inaugurations are usually politically unifying events in the United States, but this year a record number of lawmakers plan to publicly rebuke the president-elect when he takes the oath of office. At least 40 Democratic members of Congress out of the 535 elected lawmakers are on the record saying they plan to […]

North Carolina Sues US Government Over Transgender Bathroom Law

By Ken Bredemeier | VOA on May 9, 2016   Featured, National  

North Carolina Sues US Government Over Transgender Bathroom Law

The U.S. state of North Carolina sued the federal government Monday to keep its law requiring transgender people to use restrooms that correspond to their gender at birth rather than their self-identified gender. The country’s Justice Department last week claimed the state law violated national civil rights standards. It gave North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory […]



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