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The loss of her job propelled her to focus full-time on writing and expanding her newspaper, which led her to become a civil rights leader and more.

We tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a Civil War, by passing landmark civil rights legislation.

Many advocacy groups and public health experts have begun to see internet access as a fundamental civil rights issue.

The bill is supported by the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, among others, which said it would hold platforms accountable for hosting hate speech, enabling civil rights abuse or enabling voter suppression ads.

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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

Rashad was there to celebrate the release of the Civil Rights drama Selma.

But the real mystery and injustice came from Brooke being essentially written out of the history of the civil rights movement.

As long ago as the early 1970s, he had gone on to support most civil rights-related legislation.

Finally, we have a major film on civil rights in which African Americans are the heroes in their own story.

But he also reminded the younger members of the crowd of the civil rights movement of the last century.

The reading world is deluged with books relating to woman,—her education, her labor, and her civil rights.

You are, then, to base your demand for woman's civil rights upon her simple humanity,—the value of the soul itself.

There is, however, a surely growing sense of this, shown in the substantial advance of her civil rights.

I had that in mind when I spoke to the Governor and asked him to include in your pardon a restoration of civil rights.

He gives us a detailed account of his sufferings in prison, his loss of civil rights, &c., in the third part of his History.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to civil rights, such as: freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, human rights, civil liberties, and constitutional rights.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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