Origins of Section 1981 and Title VII
A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...
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Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960
Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four college ... marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until ...
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1969 Historic Westside Uprising: UNLV professor to present on little-known Las Vegas event
Although segregation in Las Vegas ended in 1960, UNLV Associate Professor Tyler Parry says that discrimination, racism and ...
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30+ Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 60s. His words and actions have left a lasting mark ...
Bemidji State honors Martin Luther King Jr., other leaders of Civil Rights Movement
Though Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially recognized on Monday, students, staff and community members gathered in Bemidji State's American Indian Resource Center on Tuesday to celebrate not ...
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10 modern champions shape Civil Rights Movement in America
Meet the powerful voices leading Civil Rights Movement 2.0, from attorneys to community organizers, who are tackling systemic racism.
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How did pop culture spread MLK's message?
The 1960s civil rights movement was galvanizing ... For a roughly 13-year period, from the mid-1950s until King's assassination in 1968, pop culture became a conduit for the ideas of equality ...