civil right
Example Sentences
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As the legal fight continues, advocates warn that accessibility is increasingly treated as an inconvenience rather than a civil right — a shift with consequences far beyond a single White House briefing.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025
"We are here to claim our victory. We are making a peaceful march, which is a civil right for all Cameroonians - for everyone," another protester said.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
Ife Jones, a first-year student at Emory University in Atlanta, linked her current activism to the 1960s civil right movement, which her family had participated in.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
Black civil right leaders and a multiracial, interfaith coalition of allies will gather in Washington to mark six decades since the first march.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Thus what the people have as a civil right, you claim as a divine right....
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
