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  • Justice
    The Civil Rights Movement Came at a Moment Like This One
    December 7, 2014
    | Dani McClain
    If history is any guide, the protests against police brutality are just getting started.
  • Society
    Six Important Conversations Jumpstarted by Ferguson
    August 23, 2014
    | John Light
    The unrest in Ferguson appears to be settling, but it prompted debates that continue.
  • Justice
    Civil Rights Advocates Launch Petition Drive to Protect Voting Rights
    August 13, 2014
    | Brennan Center for Justice
    To mark the 49th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, civil rights advocates are asking members of Congress to strengthen the law’s core protection.
  • From ‘Freedom Summer' to 'Courtroom Summer’
    August 6, 2014
    | Victoria Bassetti
    How armies of lawyers are now fighting to preserve the Voting Rights Act, which turned 49 this week.
  • Civil Liberties
    Comcast-Affiliated News Site Censored My Article About Net Neutrality Lobbying
    August 5, 2014
    | Lee Fang
    The order to delete the article came from NewsOne's parent company, a business partner to Comcast. The reason? They didn't like what it said.
  • Activism
    Watch the Grace Lee Boggs Documentary on POV Tonight
    June 26, 2014
    | Bill Moyers
    Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, the 99-year-old activist challenges a new generation to redefine revolution for our times.
  • Inequality
    Clip: Ruby Dee on the Psyche of Black America
    June 12, 2014
    | Karin Kamp
    In this video from 1984, the actress and civil rights activist, who died today, talks about the ongoing racism that "trampled our self-esteem and numbed hope."
  • Poets & Writers
    Maya Angelou on the Story of Black Womanhood
    May 29, 2014 | Updated June 2, 2014
    | Theresa Riley
    In this clip from a 1973 interview, Bill Moyers asks Maya Angelou, who died last week, about the burgeoning women’s liberation movement and what it means to her.
  • With Scant Oversight, Schools in the South Are Becoming Segregated Once Again
    May 3, 2014
    A new report by ProPublica looks at how we're losing some of the most important gains of the civil rights movement.
  • Moral Mondays: Carolina Jews for Justice
    March 3, 2014
    | Amy B Dean
    The North Carolina group is mobilizing the Jewish minority across the state to join the Moral Mondays campaign to challenge the Republican takeover of the legislature.


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