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Apr 14 2024
News
'Civil War' Leads The Charge At North American Box Office
"Civil War," the hard-hitting film that imagines a dystopian near-future in the United States, topped the North American box office in its first weekend, according to estimates from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations. The feature by British director Alex Garland stars Kirsten Dunst as a journalist travelling through a broken country, in which a three-term president battles secessionist
Barron'sFeb 15 2024
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'Bombshell' witness testimony may lead to Fani Willis' disqualification from case: Civil rights atty
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said Thursday witness testimony may have provided the key evidence to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade from Trump’s trial in Fulton County, Georgia. Willis verbally sparred with lawyers for hours at an evidentiary hearing regarding her relationship with the lead prosecutor she hired to bring the case against Trump. Co-
Fox News (Online News)Apr 23 2024
News
Kari Lake Flip-Flops—Again!—on Civil War-Era Abortion Ban
Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce a Civil War-era criminal abortion ban established in 1864. And Republican Senate candidate and failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has been flipping—or rather, flip-flopping—out ever since. After supporting the law in 2022, coming out against it when the ruling was announced, then supporting it, and
JezebelSep 26 2023
News
Plans announced for opening of Louisiana Civil Rights Museum
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser on Tuesday announced the opening of the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum. More than 30 years in the making, the museum will honor Louisiana’s unique place in the national Civil Rights movement as well as its heroes, demonstrating their impact and significance today. The Louisiana Civil Rights Museum is part of the ongoing Civil Rights Trail efforts led
KTBSDec 30 2023
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Theater apologizes for removing civil rights leader for using his own chair
A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology from the nation's largest movie theater chain. The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of “The Color Purple.” The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis,
Daily KosMar 22 2020
Background
Civil Rights History
Americans reflected on Martin Luther King's legacy of racial equality and peace on a national holiday that marks what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 78th birthday. Here is a timeline of the modern civil rights movement.
May 17, 1954 School segregation is widely accepted throughout the United States until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a landmark decision in Brown v. Board
CBS News (Online)Dec 29 2023
News
Civil Rights Leader Uses Own Chair at Movies, Gets Kicked Out
A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology from the nation's largest movie theater chain. The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of "The Color Purple." The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis,
Newsmax (News)Nov 02 2023
News
Feds to launch civil rights investigation into Charleston County jail
Shortly before the U.S. Justice Department is set to announce a civil rights investigation in South Carolina, Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano said she supports the investigation into the treatment of jail inmates. "I stand by the statement that I made back in March 2023, and I will say it again: The allegation that we have been anything but transparent is categorically false,"
The Post and CourierJan 13 2024
News
'Modern Moses' MLK Jr. was in New Orleans before peak of the Civil Rights Movement
Just before the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited New Orleans to spread the message of racial equality and energize the city in a rallying cry to end segregation in the South. In the late 1950s, the civil rights icon spoke at an auditorium that no longer exists in New Orleans. He then worked with a group of ministers to establish a well-known civil rights
The Times-PicayuneApr 22 2024
Opinion
Mike Johnson Does the Right Thing
It wasn’t pretty, but Speaker Mike Johnson finally got a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan through the House. It now heads to the Senate for assured passage.
Johnson deserves credit for changing his mind on Ukraine funding once he acquired real responsibility as speaker and also for trying every alternative to keep his conference together before moving to pass the
National Review (Opinion)