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No Second-Class Families
African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in
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Voting Rights Act under attack
Shelby County, Ala. is suing the Justice Department because they think that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and its reauthorization in 1982 and 2006) is unfair. The facts: The small
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Unlikely Civil Rights icon speaks
Dr. Bob Zellner, a white Southerner who played a part in the Civil Rights Movement, shared his story at Wake Forest University last week. Zellner was born and raised in lower Alabama, or “L.A.,”
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