Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
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‘Backbone of the American Dream’: How Rosenwald Schools shaped the civil rights movement
Photographer Andrew Feiler documented the last remaining Rosenwald Schools built to educate Black children during segregation ...
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‘The march continues, and apathy is not an option’
In an op-ed, SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang reflects on 60 years of struggle, marching and sacrifices for civil, ...
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'This is what democracy looks like': Thousands march in Grand Rapids on International Women's Day
On International Women's Day, mothers and daughters from across West Michigan poured into Rosa Parks Circle, celebrating past ...
Alabama Democrats fight to keep civil rights landmarks from being sold without congressional approval
The two democratic lawmakers promised to file the legislation last week after President Donald Trump’s administration put a historic Alabama civil rights landmark up for sale. On March 4, the ...
Historic Selma church at heart of Civil Rights Movement gets $1M in renovation funds
Brown Chapel A.M.E Church in Selma, Alabama, a pivotal location during the civil rights movement, is undergoing a $1 million ...
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Books on protest movements of the civil rights era for adults and children
Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...
Iowa becomes first state to remove civil rights protections for trans people
Iowa is the first state to repeal civil rights protections for transgender people from state code and advocates for the ...
Oklahoma City sit-in on March 11, 1961, leads to 12 arrests amid Civil Rights Movement
On March 11, 1961, a Civil Rights Movement sit-in was held at the Anna Maude Cafeteria in Oklahoma City.According to the ...