civil rights
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Organized by veteran civil rights leader Al Sharpton and led by King's son Martin Luther King III, the demonstration drew support from more than 90 civil rights, labor, faith and community organizations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
You may not get everything you want, but we should all agree that the civil rights and liberties the founding fathers sought to enshrine in our Constitution must be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The quality of civil rights enforcement isn’t measured by how much data the government collects but whether people are protected from discrimination when and where it happens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
On Monday, civil rights attorneys asked federal judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. to issue an injunction, forbidding the state of Alabama to interfere with Tuesday’s planned march.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
