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The FBI monitored Aretha Franklin's role in the civil rights movement for years

The agency surveilled Franklin and those around her to gauge how deeply she was involved in organizations tied to Communism, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement.

WEKU

The FBI Closely Tracked Aretha Franklin's Appearances at Civil Rights Events

The FBI used a network of snitches to spy on entertainers and activists, and the Queen of Soul was no exception.

Reason

What is LGBTQ History Month and why did a Miami school board change its mind about it?

LGBTQ History Month celebrates 31 days of education and recognition of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. A school board in Miami voted against the month-long observance, after approving it last year.

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Supreme Court to revisit LGBTQ rights – this time with a wedding website designer, not a baker

A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall: What happens when freedom of speech and civil rights collide?

The Conversation

‘Discrimination, plain and simple’: Trans patients sue Florida over Medicaid ban for gender-affirming care

Recently enacted rule blocks Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming treatments, which plaintiffs and civil rights attorneys argue will make life in Florida ‘simply impossible’ for thousands of people

The Independent UK

Editorial: Does lax enforcement of Illinois gun legislation violate victims’ civil rights?

As Illinois Democrats continue to seek a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines after the Highland Park massacre on July 4, critics of gun safety laws voice a familiar rebuttal:

Chicago Tribune

Civil rights activist celebrating her birthday among ten killed in Puget Sound plane crash

“Her voice will be missed, I think even by those who hated to see her walk into the meeting,” brother says

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Commentary: Reparations would acknowledge injustice

It’s widely understood that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. evolved significantly on the issue of reparations during his short lifetime. Toward the start of his career, he was a moralist in his thinking, rather than the radical economic thinker he later became. In 2018, I befriended Dr. King’s…

Tribune News Service

New congressional maps dilute Black power, critics say

Civil rights activists and some lawmakers are concerned that new redistricting maps in three Southern states will dilute the voices of Black people

The Independent UK

Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white.

In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.

WEKU

Who gets to tell the story of a historic civil rights site?

A fight is brewing in Tennessee over a legendary civil rights and labor organizing center whose alumni and supporters include Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt

The Independent UK

Civil rights leaders warn of threat from white supremacy

WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders warned about the dangers white supremacy poses to the US following a meeting with President Joe Biden.

Tribune News Service

NC NAACP loses tax-exempt status; audit assessing misspending allegations

For decades, the public face of North Carolina’s NAACP has been an energetic organization unbending in its fight against injustice.

Tribune News Service

Poignant detour to Bus Station for Bristol civil rights leader Roy Hackett's last journey

St Werburgh's, St Paul's and the city centre will come to a standstill for 'the giant' of Bristol's history

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Sheryl Lee Ralph put in the time and the work. Hollywood is finally taking notice

If you ask Sheryl Lee Ralph about the educators who played a pivotal role in her life, she'll begin listing them without hesitation: her dad, her mom, her auntie Carolyn and so on. Then she'll get to her kindergarten teacher, Miss Spencer. Her eyes light up as she disappears into…

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Duke volleyball player and dad say BYU didn’t act fast enough during racist incident

As a child growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1960s and early ’70s, Marvin Richardson lived through school desegregation and the racial turmoil that followed the passage of the Civil Rights Act. He lived through the “fears and challenges” that came with being Black in the South, he…

The Hindu

Ram katha begins in Raj Bhawan amid objections

Five-day event will undermine secular values, say Rajasthan civil rights groups

The Independent UK

Pregnant woman at risk of miscarriage is blocked entry to ER by police officers

The couple claims the police officer violated their civil rights

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‘We’re dwindling like the salmon’: the Indigenous nations fighting for water rights

In California’s Bay-Delta, civil rights are inextricable from water rights, a coalition says – and a way of life is on the line

Belfast Live

Cost of living campaign march to follow Civil Rights route this Autumn

"There has been a shameful lack of political leadership when it comes to the cost of living crisis"

Tribune News Service

Derek Chauvin to serve time in federal prison in Arizona for killing George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS — Fired Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was taken by U.S. marshals from a state prison and is heading to a federal facility to serve his time for killing George Floyd more than two years ago, a Minnesota corrections spokesman said.

The Independent UK

New questions in death of teen shot by police officer responding to family call about suicidal online posts

The FBI and the US Attorney’s Office have been investigating the possibility of a civil rights violation with the officer involved shooting of 17-year-old John Albers in January 2018

Tribune News Service

Chauvin taken from state prison, heading to federal facility to serve time for killing George Floyd

Bristol Post

Funeral details of Bristol civil rights activist Roy Hackett released

They will lay the Bristol Bus Boycott organiser to rest on 16 September

The Texas Tribune

“It’s a living hell”: Scorching heat in Texas prisons revives air-conditioning debate

Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. Prison rights advocates hope a budget surplus next year will finally push lawmakers to invest in air conditioning.

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