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Apr 04 2024
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Austin to officially rename bathhouse at Barton Springs for civil rights leader
AUSTIN (KXAN) — City council members will vote Thursday to officially change the name of Barton Spring’s bathhouse, gracing it with the name of the woman who led the movement to desegregate the public pool in the 1960s. Joan Means Khabele was part of the first groups of black students to integrate into Austin High School in the 50s. Flipping through the Austin High yearbooks from 1958 to 1960
KXAN NewsApr 16 2024
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Dallas pastor resigns as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dr. Frederick Haynes, III, the senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas and the president of Rainbow Push Coalition, has stepped down from leadership less than a year after being with the organization. NBC 5 obtained a letter of public resignation statement on Tuesday, April 16, in which Dr. Haynes announced his resignation as CEO and President of the civil rights movement
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsJun 04 2024
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Federal 'Downwinders' act set to expire if House doesn't act
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Linda Chase lives in California now, but she spent her formative years in Las Vegas after her family moved here in 1955. It was back then that Chase, a 1968 graduate of Western High School, and her friends, family and neighbors used to peer into the distance from their neighborhood to look at mushroom clouds in the distance. The boundary of the Nevada Test Site — where
KTNV 13 Las VegasMar 13 2024
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The ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked
New York Times (News)Apr 11 2024
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'Beacon of hope': Minneapolis celebrates 50 years of the Gay Civil Rights Ordinance
The 1974 Gay Civil Rights Ordinance was signed into law by former Mayor Al Hofstede, helping pave the way for a new generation of inclusivity and acceptance. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video The Gay Civil Rights Ordinance was signed into law by former Minneapolis Mayor Al Hofstede in 1974, helping pave the way for a new generation
KARE11May 15 2024
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When and where you can attend funeral services for Houston civil rights icon Rev. William Lawson
When and where you can attend funeral services for Houston civil rights icon Rev. William Lawson Funeral services for Rev. Bill Lawson, a civil rights icon who died at 95, will be held on May 23 at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Funeral services for Rev. Bill Lawson, a civil rights icon who died at 95, will be held on May 23 at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Funeral services for Rev. Bill
ABC13 HoustonApr 10 2024
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Saw it Coming: Civil Rights Groups Demand Baltimore Bridge be Re-Named
It's time to change the names of two bridges in Maryland, according to the Caucus of African American Leaders of Anne Arundel County. One bridge is Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. Once the bridge is reconstructed, it must be renamed because of Key's racist legacy. The bridge collapsed in late March when a cargo ship struck a support beam. Francis Scott Key wrote the national anthem. The
HotAirJun 04 2024
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This Means War - Civil War
As the left-wing media has made sure everyone knows by now, and will remind us every day until election day and beyond, Donald Trump is a “convicted felon.” On Friday, a Trump-hating jury in the Manhattan courtroom of a Trump-hating judge declared the former President guilty on 34 counts of being a threat to Democrat one-party hegemony. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan wrote in a statement
FrontPage MagazineMay 09 2024
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Voting Rights Act Weighs Heavily in North Dakota's Attempt to Revisit Redistricting Decision It Won
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Months after it won a lawsuit over legislative boundaries, North Dakota is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its victory, baffling others involved in the state's redistricting fights and prompting some legal experts to call the state’s action a potential assault on the Voting Rights Act. At issue is a ruling by a federal panel over a lawsuit filed by Republicans
U.S. News & World ReportMay 05 2016
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DOJ To North Carolina: Your Bathroom Bill Violates The Civil Rights Act
Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, and Pearl Jam fired the initial salvos in North Carolina’s transgender bathroom bill drama. Now, the Department of Justice has made a call too—the bill violates the Civil Rights Act.
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