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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 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
HotAirApr 27 2023
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Portsmouth vandalism leads to Civil Rights Act complaint against teen
“Hateful acts that are motivated by intolerance for our fellow citizens have no place in New Hampshire and will not be tolerated,” the attorney general said. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A Portsmouth teenager was accused Thursday of violating New Hampshire’s Civil Rights Act 22 times, including carrying out an antisemitic, homophobic, and racist vandalism spree that damaged 18 properties throughout the
News Center MaineApr 18 2024
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UNC’s pro-Palestinian group, which disrupted numerous campus events, files civil rights complaint
While several observers have questioned why it appears the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Students for Justice for Palestine chapter has not been punished for repeatedly disrupting campus events in apparent violation of school policies, the group recently fired back. UNC’s Students for Justice in Palestine filed a civil rights complaint April 5 with the federal education and
The College FixMar 25 2024
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Civil Rights Unit still investigating alleged assault involving ex-Portsmouth officer
PORTSMOUTH — The New Hampshire attorney general’s Civil Rights Unit said it is continuing to investigate a Portsmouth assault case involving a former city police officer. In December, local bank executive Mamadou Dembele, a Black man, went public with allegations he was attacked and injured in the area of Gilley’s Diner the night of Nov. 22, the day before Thanksgiving. At the time, Dembele
Seacoast OnlineApr 16 2024
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Civil rights attorney demands footage in fatal police chase, but city lawyer says none exists
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded Tuesday that police in a small town in Mississippi release camera footage of a chase that ended in the death of a Black teenager, but the city attorney said the police department does not use cameras. “I have been advised by the Chief that the police vehicles in Leland are not equipped with dash board cameras nor were the police
Washington PostMar 13 2024
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The ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked
New York Times (News)Mar 26 2024
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Minnesota Republicans call for new religious exemption to Human Rights Act
Minnesota GOP and faith leaders are asking for religious exemption, saying churches and faith-based schools could be sued for refusing to hire transgender employees. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Republicans and faith leaders are seeking a change in the state's Human Rights Act, to ensure that faith
KARE11Mar 31 2024
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Martin Luther King Jr. urges voting as key civil rights step in Tulsa
The largest audience in the history of the church crowded into the North Tulsa First Baptist Church to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who gained international fame when he led a 1956 bus protest in Montgomery, Ala. King, whose Jan. 15 birthday has become a national holiday, came to Tulsa to speak at a freedom rally on July 28, 1960, and to stress the importance of voting. "The short
Tulsa WorldMar 01 2024
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Immigrant civil rights group responds to temporary halt of SB 4
HOUSTON – Houston area immigrant civil rights group FIEL responded to the temporary halt of Senate Bill 4 Friday. Federal judge David Ezra in Austin halted the law, which would have allowed Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally. • None Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants suspected of being in country illegally blocked by federal judge
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