civil rights

Passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 Passed the Voting Rights of 1965 Created Medicaid and Medicare Established Affirmative Action as policy Declared war on poverty and passed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and Elementary and Higher Education Acts of 1965 Passed the...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/20/voting-rights-act-appeals-court-ruling Court rules that only US government can sue to enforce Voting Rights Act Shock ruling from Republican-appointed appeals court prevents outside groups or citizens seeking to enforce voting rights law About...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/01/federalsburg-election-naacp-aclu-maryland/?%20va._5 After lawsuit, a town elects first Black leaders in its 200-year history In a community where about 43 percent of the population is Black, the election of Black leaders was long overdue, said...

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https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-karl-ashanti-special-federal-arrest For 11 years, Karl Ashanti represented New York City cops in civil-rights cases. Then he was charged with a crime he didn’t commit. by Jake Pearson Dec. 20, 8 a.m. EST ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that...

Young lady in the 1960s punching cac police officer in defiance.

https://www.salon.com/2022/06/08/when-ronald-reagans-saved-lives-armed-black-men-meant-immediate-control_partner/ When armed Black Panthers showed up at the California State Capitol in 1967, they probably saved thousands of lives By THOM HARTMANN PUBLISHED JUNE 8, 2022 6:00AM (EDT) Two...

Rod Serling’s “Twilight Zone” Created After Emmett Till-Based Project Was Censored Serling originally set out to create a socially conscious series that reflected on American racism. Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" was inspired by the murder of Emmett Till. (Nick De Morgoli/ Condé Nast via...

A GOP power grab shatters 30 years of political progress for Black voters in Galveston County Community activist Roxy Hall Williamson at a new mural commemorating Juneteenth in Galveston on April 4. Last November, a white Republican majority on the Galveston County’s commissioners court voted...

Didn't know anything about this, me and the wife found it scrolling through Black history films. It was very powerful and moving. Really shows why his home is a national monument now. This was a very determined and brave black man. The Evers (2019) | SHOWTIME

The Evers (2019) | SHOWTIME streams on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Documentary did a great job capturing the intensity and danger FBA's had every single day in the struggle. This ish wasn't a game at all. The freedoms we all enjoy is because brehs like Medgar Evers put their life on the line for...

========== Maxine McNair, last living parent of a child killed in Birmingham church bombing, dies at 93 Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the children killed in the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, died Sunday at age 93. McNair’s daughter, Denise McNair...

SO I could be wrong but I have all but given up Roe v. Wade as dead. I never have been pro-abortion but was fine with it being a personal thing as long as you aren't selecting against a child with certain characteristics (gender etc.) But clearly this new court may be on some BS for a while so...

There's more. You can read down the rest of the thread. Did not know this about the Great Gambino.:ehh:

Progressive St. Louis Attorney Sues City and Police Union, Alleges Violations of KKK Act of 1871 Progressive St. Louis Attorney Sues City and Police Union, Alleges Violations of KKK Act of 1871 St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the...

"How the Civil Rights Movement paved the way for South Asian migration into the US" How the Civil Rights Movement paved the way for South Asian migration into the US

The veteran civil rights activist Angela Davis said she was “stunned” by the decision of Alabama’s Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to revoke an award she was set to receive. The institute announced in October that Davis, a Birmingham native, would receive the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights...

The alumni of the United States Military Academy at West Point span presidents, generals and astronauts in what its students call the Long Gray Line, a nod to the Army service academy’s central role in educating leaders years before they rise to prominence. Spenser Rapone, 26, became notable a...

Linda Brown, Who Was At Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies VANESSA ROMO Linda Brown, left, attends ceremonies in 1979 observing the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in her father's class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kan. (AP) Updated at 2:00 a.m...

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Promised a Criminal Justice Revolution. He’s Exceeding Expectations. WHEN LIFELONG CIVIL rights attorney Larry Krasner was elected in a landslide this past November to become the new district attorney of Philadelphia, to say that his fans and supporters had high...