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Rustin: release date, cast, photos and everything we know

Rustin celebrates the life and legacy of legendary Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin. Here's everything we know about the movie.

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Can the U.S. military still lead the way on civil rights? - Roll Call

Michelle Howard, the first woman to become a four-star admiral in the Navy, speaks about the importance of diversity in today's military.

Roll Call

UK’s migration bill at odds with international law, says UN

The controversial bill labelled as inhumane by politicians, lawyers and civil rights groups is set to become law.

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Civil rights groups sue Florida officials over new immigration law

Several civil rights groups are challenging Florida’s new immigration law in a federal lawsuit

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Virginia says governor weighs circumstances of crimes in deciding on restoring felons' voting rights

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says that as he weighs whether to restore the civil rights of convicted felons who have served their time, he is considering at least some of the circumstances of their crimes

The Independent UK

The next campus battle: Legacy admission

Lawyers for Civil Rights' Oren Sellstrom explains how vital evidence revealed in the Havard case can now be used

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‘Fighter for freedom’: Kamala Harris praises legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention

Vice President Harris said that when she was in law school in the 1980s, she had a ‘Jesse Jackson for President’ bumper sticker on her car.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. lifts up the next generation

Jesse Jackson’s passing of the civil rights torch is an example of unselfish leadership.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's stepping down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago

The Independent UK

Rev. Jesse Jackson will be succeeded by Dallas pastor as head of Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, is to be formally introduced Sunday at the coalition’s annual convention.

Chicago Sun-Times

Timeline of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s decades of civil rights activism, political efforts

Jackson's decades of activism have left an indelible mark. Here are some key highlights from his career.

Chicago Sun-Times

Renault Robinson, 80, dies — co-founded advocacy group for Black police officers, won lawsuit against CPD, briefly led CHA

Renault Robinson spent his life advocating for civil rights and sought to improve relations between the police and Black communities throughout Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jesse Jackson to step down as president of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971

The Independent UK

Jesse Jackson to retire as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

The long-time civil rights leader is stepping down from the organization he founded in 1971. Jackson, who will turn 82 in October, has remained active in civil rights despite health setbacks.

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Jesse Jackson is stepping down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971

Chicago Tribune

Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down from Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; successor to be named soon

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease eight years ago, is stepping down from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH, more than 50 years ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as president of Rainbow PUSH

Jackson founded Operation PUSH in 1971. The Rainbow Coalition, which grew out of his 1984 presidential campaign, merged with PUSH in 1996.

Reason

Call for Papers: Free Speech and Civil and Social Progress

Request for Paper Proposals Snapshot: Voices for Liberty, an initiative of the Liberty & Law Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School, seeks to examine the ways in which free speech propels civil and social progress. Authors are invited to submit proposals for original articles that will ultimately appear in…

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Robin Abcarian: How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court's 303 Creative decision could swamp civil rights

Now that the legal door has been opened to anti-LGBTQ+ bigots or racists, there's just no telling how far the Supreme Court's license to discriminate will go.

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DOJ to probe Fulton County Jail after death of mentally ill inmate

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of conditions in the Fulton County Jail, citing the Sept. 13 death of a homeless and mentally ill man in the lockup’s psychiatric wing.

The Independent UK

Michigan officials condemn ‘reprehensible’ remarks from salon owner who refuses service to LGBT+ people

Traverse City business says trans and nonbinary people should ‘seek services at a local pet groomer’ days after Supreme Court ruling on discrimination protections

The Independent UK

Phoenix to show compliance with court order to clear 'The Zone' homeless encampment

The city of Phoenix is going to court to prove it has met a deadline to clear a large homeless encampment, an action that has drawn pushback from civil rights advocates

Orlando Sentinel

Ben Crump, family demand Orlando police release body cam video of fatal shooting of unarmed man

ORLANDO, Fla. — Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and the family of Derek Diaz, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by an Orlando police officer on Monday, demanded that the department release body camera footage of the incident at a press conference Saturday morning.

Tribune News Service

California bill to ban caste bias progresses in Assembly. Here’s how it has changed

A state bill to bolster California’s civil rights protections by banning caste discrimination cleared a major obstacle Wednesday, passing through the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 9-0 vote after some language changes.

Reason

Is This the End of the Ivy League Nepo Baby?

A new complaint argues that legacy admissions violate the Civil Rights Act.

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