civil rights movement

White Terror Has Always Been America’s Answer

To suggest pro-Trump Capitol riots don't "represent who we are” ignores the long history of white supremacy, racial violence and retaliation in this country.
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Lucille Bridges, Mother Of Activist Ruby Bridges, Dies At 86

The image of Ruby has got renewed attention in recent days in an adapted version that shows Vice President-elect Kamala Harris walking alongside her.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Be First Woman Ever To Lie In State At US Capitol

Rosa Parks, a private citizen, lay in honour at the Capitol in 2005, the only woman to date who has done so.
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John Lewis, US Civil Rights Icon, Dies At Age 80

The Georgia Democrat, known as the "conscience of Congress," spent most of his life on the front lines of the fight for democracy.
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Protest Is The Only Weapon We Have To Hold The Powerful To Account

Those who would take your rights are counting on the fact that you are too exhausted or frightened to appear on the streets to confront them, Mike Stuchbery writes.
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My Mother's Death Taught Me The Civil Rights Movement Was Truly A Fight For Life And Death

Activist Barbara Collins Bowie retells how her mother's discriminatory treatment at a Mississippi hospital sparked a life in the civil rights movement
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