civil

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They sang gospel, religious, and protest songs from the civil rights movement together, their voices carrying across the plaza.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Moss said during the civil hearing that he stored Boyd’s electronic devices in his safe until turning them over to investigators of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division nine weeks later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Lord Reid has previously attributed the four-word phrase to an unnamed senior civil servant.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The series spans several decades, drawing inspiration from racial violence during the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, his personal relationship to Africa, people in his own community and across the African diaspora.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to natural as well as to civil history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis