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Mar 23 2024
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Local leaders name street in Hill District after Pittsburgh’s ‘mother of Civil Rights’
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh activist was memorialized in the Hill District Saturday morning as local leaders and organizations gathered to honorarily rename a street after her. Kirkpatrick Street has received an honorary new name; it will not be known as “Alma Speed Fox Way.” Alma Speed Fox is known as “The Mother of Civil Rights” in Pittsburgh. Tim Stevens, chairman and CEO of The Black
WPXIMar 15 2024
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Civil rights groups push back against wave of anti-DEI bills
This year has seen a new wave of legislation targeting diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. Despite vocal opposition from faculty members and racial justice groups, Indiana’s Republican governor signed legislation Wednesday diminishing diversity, equity and inclusion programs and tenure protections in public colleges and universities while simultaneously promoting, as the new
Inside Higher EdMar 28 2024
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Civil rights icon Malcolm X gets a day of recognition in Nebraska, where he was born in 1925
LINCOLN, Neb. — Malcolm X has garnered the recognition many have sought for his contributions to the civil rights movement in the conservative Midwest state where he was born, after years of being rejected as too controversial to be honored. The Nebraska Legislature on Thursday passed a bill to recognize the civil rights icon every May 19, the day Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha,
Washington PostFeb 29 2024
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Minneapolis City Council faces challenges with civil rights and transit plans
In the wake of the commotion surrounding some members of the Minneapolis City Council, sometimes with each other and other times with regular citizens, Councilwoman LaTrisha Vetaw recently sat down for an episode of “Tracey’s Keeping It Real,” a popular podcast hosted by Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder CEO and Publisher Tracey Williams-Dillard. “As for me, I try to communicate with my colleagues
Minnesota Spokesman ReporterApr 09 2024
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Officials voting on historic settlement in civil rights case involving deaf, autistic man who was shot by LASD deputies
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote on the historic settlement reached in the civil rights case of Isaias Cervantes on Monday. Cervantes, who is deaf and autistic, was permanently paralyzed after being shot inside his home, located in the 5100 block of Live Oak Street in Cudahy, by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy on March 31, 2021. His family had first called
KTLAJan 31 2024
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Move to strip gender rights from Iowa's civil rights law rejected by legislators
LGBTQ+ rights supporters rally in the hallway outside an Iowa House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa lawmakers declined to advance a bill that would strip “gender identity” from the state’s civil rights law and risk subjecting LGBTQ+ Iowans to discrimination in education, housing and public spaces. (AP Photo/Charlie
San Diego Union-TribuneMar 29 2024
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Nebraska approves Malcolm X Day, honoring civil rights leader born in Omaha 99 years ago
The Nebraska Legislature passed a bill on Thursday that would honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Malcolm X. The bill, that was adopted by Sen. Terrell McKinney (D-NE), will recognize May 19 as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz or Malcolm X Day. The day will be used to honor the contributions that Malcolm X made to the society and celebrate his life and legacy. “The establishment of
"USA Today" ContributorMar 13 2024
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Ex-recreation director of Pa. city files civil rights suit over firing
WILLIAMSPORT — A former Williamsport recreation director has filed a federal civil rights suit against the city claiming she was fired because of her sex.
Kayla Drummond makes the charge in a complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. Middle District Court. Mayor Derek Slaughter had no comment, saying he had not seen the document.
Drummond began working with the city in 2017 under an
The Patriot-NewsJan 25 2024
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Texas civil rights groups petition the U.N. over LGBTQ ‘human rights crisis'
Civil rights organizations in Texas have filed a formal letter with the United Nations, raising the alarm on a "deteriorating human rights situation" for LGBTQ+ people in the state. Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, and the University of Texas at Austin School of Law Human Rights Clinic submitted the joint letter. In a press release, political advocacy
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsMar 19 2024
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Shreveport re-examines death of Civil Rights champion Ann Brewster, celebrates her life
Shreveport City Councilwoman Tabitha Taylor first heard about Shreveport’s Civil Rights champion, Annie ‘Ann’ Brewster, in college while taking Professor Willie Burton’s history class at SUSLA. “Probably, one of the most outspoken of the black women involved in the local Civil Rights struggles was Ann Brewster,” Burton wrote in his book, "The Blacker the Berry, A Black History of Shreveport."
Shreveport Times