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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, the department’s top civil rights lawyer, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

It is not widely debated in the mainstream media or, for that matter, in civil rights organizations.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander