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Illustrator Celebrates Black Civil Rights, Natural Hair With New Design
A San Diego-based artist is celebrating Civil Rights movements and natural hair with a new design that champions them both with one word to describe them: power.
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‘We Just Accepted This:' How Segregation Continued Past Legal Change
Johnnie R. Turner, a former Tennessee state representative, talks about her experience with implicit segregation on buses and public spaces even after courts have ruled to desegregate.
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ACLU, for First Time in 101-Year History, Elects Black Person as Its President
Deborah Archer, a law professor at New York University with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president
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California AG Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into LA Sheriff's Dept
California’s Attorney General says he’s opening a civil rights investigation into the LA County Sheriff’s Department following recent allegations of misconduct and complaints that the sheriff has been resistant to public oversight. I-Team’s Eric Leonard reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2021.
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100th Anniversary of Civil Rights Group Los Angeles Urban League
A longtime force for civil rights, the Los Angeles Urban League is now celebrating its 100th anniversary. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday Jan. 18, 2021.
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Virginia Panel Wants Barbara Johns Statue to Replace Lee in US Capitol
A state panel has recommended that a statue of civil rights hero Barbara Johns should represent Virginia at the U.S. Capitol
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Dolores Huerta: The Civil Rights Icon Who Created the Slogan ‘Si Se Puede' (Yes We Can)
Dolores Huerta has fought tirelessly for those who didn’t have a voice to fight for themselves. Huerta led the farmworkers movement with activist Cesar Chavez and co-founded what is known as the “United Farm Workers of America”. She created the movement’s famous slogan, “Si Se Puede”, which inspired President Obama’s “Yes, we can” campaign. At 90 years old, she’s influenced...
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Louisiana State Trooper Who Faced Firing in Black Man's Death Dies in Crash
A Louisiana state trooper has died following a single-vehicle crash hours after learning he would be fired for his role in the in-custody death of a Black man last year.
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Senators Seek Highest Civilian Honor for Till and His Mother
A Republican and a Democratic senator say Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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Civil Rights Pioneer Betty Reid Soskin Talks About Current Political Climate
NBC Bay Area’s Cheryl Hurd had the chance to sit down and talk to civil rights pioneer Betty Reid Soskin about what she thinks of the current political climate.
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DNC's Tribute to John Lewis
Watch the tribute to John Lewis at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Footage provided is a mixed feed and is a joint effort by the pool and the DNCC.
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‘For the Future Benefit of My Whole Race': How Black Women Fought for the Vote Before and After 19th Amendment
Ida B. Wells was in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1913 with thousands of other women for a parade spearheaded by one of the country’s leading suffragists, Alice Paul. Wells was representing the Alpha Suffrage Club, the first Black suffrage club in Chicago that she founded two months before. At the rehearsal, she learned that the white organizers...
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Rep. John Lewis Honored By 3 Former Presidents As He's Laid To Rest
The memorial for the Civil Rights icon had several touching moments and eulogies. Beverly White reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday July 30, 2020.
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Obama Eulogizes John Lewis: ‘He Knew That the March Is Not Over'
Former President Barack Obama eulogized Rep. John Lewis Thursday, remembering the work the civil rights icon completed and warning that there is much more work to be done.
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12-Year-Old Honors Rep. John Lewis With His Favorite Poem
Tybre Faw, a 12-year-old boy who Rep. John Lewis befriended two years ago, read the late congressman’s favorite poem at his memorial.
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John Lewis in Posthumous Essay: ‘Your Turn to Let Freedom Ring'
John Lewis spent his whole life fighting for civil rights — and he wanted to make sure the cause lived on after his death.
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Pelosi: John Lewis Was All About Truth
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses Rep, John Lewis and his passion for truth.
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George W. Bush: ‘We Live in a Better and Nobler Country Today Because of John Lewis'
Former President George W. Bush paid tribute to civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis in a speech at his funeral.
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Civil Rights Icon Lewis Lauded as Hero at Georgia Capitol
John Lewis is lying in repose at the Georgia Capitol in the Atlanta district he represented for more than three decades in Congress
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Family, Friends Mourn SDSU's 1st Black Professor Who Fought for Social Justice
Friends and family are remembering a former San Diego State University political science professor as a fighter for justice and liberty — for all people.