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Friday briefing: Is Black British history finally being remembered?

In today’s newsletter: Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in 1987 – but the learning of moments in Britain’s own civil rights struggle has been a long time coming

The Guardian - UK

Judge dismisses bid to end trial of Soldier F over two Bloody Sunday deaths

Soldier F has been accused of the murder of James Wray and William McKinney after a civil rights parade in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

Evening Standard

‘My vote is my voice’: protesters fight for democracy as Trump casts shadow

Outside the supreme court, protesters invoked the legacy of civil rights giants with a key Voting Rights Act plank at stake

The Guardian - US

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Supreme Court could deliver ‘catastrophic’ decision on Voting Rights Act and blow up protections from racial discrimination

The court’s conservative majority could gut the landmark civil rights law — and open the door for Republicans to erase Democratic districts in the redistricting war

The Independent UK

Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes 'dirty work' of civil rights movement in new documentary

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — answering mail, working behind the scenes to set up marches

The Independent UK

ICE Seeking To Deport Man Wrongly Imprisoned For More Than Four Decades: 'He's Being Punished Twice'

Civil rights advocates are calling for the immediate release of Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, a Pennsylvania man exonerated after more than four decades in prison, who remains in ICE custody under a decades-old deportation order.

Latin Times

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

The Independent UK

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California Wants To Punish Social Platforms for Aiding and Abetting the First Amendment

Another entry into the "algorithms are magic" school of imposing liability on tech companies.

Reason

AI rush prompts raft of guardrail proposals - Roll Call

Congress is caught up in the debate over AI, with lawmakers pitching plans that seek to ensure user safety and address job threats.

Roll Call

New film explores how Caribbean workers helped win second world war

Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, Cornwallis Cloth ends ‘archival silence’ around invaluable West Indian contribution to war effort

The Guardian - UK

Civil Rights Group Sues ICE for Withholding Records of the Agency's Detention Expansion Plans in Virginia

Lawyers at America's largest civil liberties group say the agency’s lack of transparency violates federal disclosure requirements.

Reason

Trump unleashes new FCC threat on NBC in fat-shaming Al Sharpton post that name-checks ‘Tawana Brawley hoax’

President attacks civil rights activist over alleged bias on his PoliticsNation show while calling on his own media attack dog Brendan Carr to investigate MSNBC’s sister network

The Independent UK

Violent protests end as peace agreement reached in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Pakistani authorities have reached a peace agreement with a civil rights alliance, ending days of violent protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

The Independent UK

‘Politics is nasty. And it’s getting worse’: Lionel Richie on his worries for America, his friend Michael Jackson – and why he still believes in the power of love

He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest superstar

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Capital & Main

Deep-Blue California Is a National Leader in De Facto Public-School Segregation. Here’s Why…

The Golden State has surged past the South and other regions in reversing racial and ethnic integration among children.

International Business Times UK

Trump Goon Threatens ICE Activity at Bad Bunny Halftime Show

Corey Lewandowski warns of possible ICE presence at Bad Bunny's 2026 Super Bowl show, prompting backlash from civil rights groups and California officials.

The Independent UK

The government shutdown will halt some work at a diminished Education Department

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Civil rights agency drops a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm certain groups

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International Business Times

How Benndrick C. Watson Became a Jack of All Trades as a Lawyer, Athlete, and Artist

Watson's most profound work lies in civil rights activism. After his own experience with racial discrimination at a bank, he began to focus on advocating for the civil rights of the Black community, bringing awareness to laws that were otherwise unknown to most.

The Independent UK

Justice Department files civil rights lawsuit against protesters in clash at New Jersey synagogue

Federal officials have sued two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a synagogue in northern New Jersey

The Conversation

Tanzania’s ruling party has crushed the opposition – the elections are a mere formality

Tanzania has conducted regular polls since the first multiparty elections in 1995. But they have often failed to meet democratic standards. The opposition has been persistently excluded and restricted, and media freedoms and civil rights have been suppressed. This pattern has come to be identified as electoral authoritarianism.

Axios

HHS seeks to ban Harvard from federal funding in civil rights case

HHS refers Harvard University to Suspension and Debarment Program over alleged civil rights violations

The Guardian - US

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

The Independent UK

Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes

The Chicago City Council has approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a former police sergeant

The Independent UK

LGBT+ activists sound alarm over Trump admin’s ‘trans mass shooters’ narrative and reveal “DIE F****’ bullets found

Civil rights leaders warned that the White House’s ‘demonizing’ rhetoric is laying the groundwork for ‘abuse and mass surveillance’ of the whole trans community

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