civil rights

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The son of a Mexican man fatally shot by US immigration officials in Texas demanded an investigation on Wednesday, with a leading civil rights group calling it a "possible murder."

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

The effort also targeted civil rights activists, anti-war protesters and even some conservative groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

The Dream became particularly popular in political rhetoric, Ghosh says, in the mid-60s with the civil rights movement and more expansive immigration policies.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

After B.P.J.’s middle school relied on this law to block her from playing sports, B.P.J. sued under civil rights law Title IX and the 14th Amendment.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Martin Luther King III were among those who traveled hundreds of miles to participate in what was heralded as “the beginnings of a new civil rights movement.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander