civil rights
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As a civil rights lawyer in Santa Barbara, he successfully argued a landmark California Supreme Court case, which upheld the right of adults unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption to live together as a family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
One state he found surprising was Alabama, a place many in the UK associate with racial segregation and the struggle for civil rights as well as its pioneering space exploration programmes.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Stern: Ordinary people standing up for what they know the Constitution guarantees: That turns out to be the origin story of pretty much every major civil rights movement in America.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Chirayu Rana accused former colleague Lorna Hajdini of violating his civil rights and named three other leveraged-finance bankers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The awkward silence of the civil rights community, however, is more problematic.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
