civil rights

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"All along, we felt that we were exercising our civil rights in a reasonable manner."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

At the rally in Montgomery, chants of “we won’t go back” echoed through crowds gathered near the Alabama Capitol, where both Confederate and civil rights monuments stand within view of one another.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

And they question the use of blue paint at an iconic landmark, perhaps most famous as the setting for civil rights leader Martin Luther King's 1963 "I have a dream" speech.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“Whether my client’s civil rights were violated will be determined in a court of law.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Imagine if civil rights organizations and African American leaders in the 1940s had not placed Jim Crow segregation at the forefront of their racial justice agenda.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander