civil rights

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“It’s a complete misjustice, and it’s not at all why these civil rights laws were passed.”

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Speaking at a convention hosted by civil rights leader Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the 61-year-old stopped short of a formal declaration but left little doubt she is weighing a third campaign.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Mayor Butts being sad does not bring Bryan Bostic back to life. It does nothing,” said Najee Ali, a longtime civil rights activist working with Bostic’s family.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

State Sen. Lisa Grafstein, a longtime civil rights lawyer, said the state bar is worried: “If you push back against the General Assembly, what’s the next thing that’s going to happen to you?”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

The Southern struggle had grown from a modest group of black students demonstrating peacefully at one lunch counter to the largest mass movement for racial reform and civil rights in the twentieth century.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander