CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES

While there are those who believe that racism and civil rights will always remain a problem in the US to one extent or another, progress that has been made in this area would seem to indicate otherwise.

Do Americans really want change? Can we handle it? When the issues that we thought were decided are pulled out of dusty conservative closets, can we believe that change is possible?

A child's story to help him or her understand the Supreme Court decisions leading up to the 1960s, and the importance of the Civil Rights Movement.

Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye expresses concerns that Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $200 million cut to the California Judicial Branch's budget could have potential impact on civil rights by limiting citizens' access to justice.

On Saturday, Britain's Jamie Oliver (of Food Revolution fame) publicly criticized Sarah Palin for criticizing Michelle Obama's health food campaign.

There are many major cities violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by arresting Food Not Bombs members for feeding the homeless. It is about time the American people started fighting back.

A look into the misconceptions of the Civil Rights Movement and the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and how we should change our view of this movement for equality.

Gay people and allies must get serious about the LGBT Civil Rights movement, and a major indicator of that seriousness is to reject hateful epithets as self-identifiers. There are no "Queer" people!

Myth: President Eisenhower did nothing for Civil Rights in the US. Fact: Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1957- Eisenhower enforced the right for African-Americans to have the same access to schools as Caucasians.

All Gay people and allies must fight against religious and secular homophobia, and it is internalized homophobia and its manifestations that betray the LGBT Civil Rights movement.

Communism, which never had even a meager following in the African American populace, provided J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI an illegitimate and weak scapegoat with which to attack the Civil Rights Movement and attempt to stop it dead in its tracks.

Christopher Coates, former Department of Justice voting rights section chief, testified before Congress on Friday that the Department is guilty of racial bias in regard to upholding voters' civil rights.

Civil Rights mocked by the Justice Department in New Black Panthers Case

A research paper detailing cyberterrorism, the measures taken against it, and the impact of each on the civil rights and liberties of people across the world.

There are many people who call the United States of America a "melting pot" in which many different cultures and backgrounds mix to make a unique society, but with all these differences come differing views on civil rights.

A conversation with Herman McCray Jr about his life, the part he played in Riviera Beach, Florida during the black civil rights movement and his thoughts of Barak Obama.

Investigate the civil rights struggles from the vantage point of the initiated who is familiar with the causes of the problems and notes the various Band-Aid solutions that were applied prior to the institution of a concerted effort to offer civil rights protections to all.

Rosa Parks helped to form and shape the history of the civil rights movement with just one act. Refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Even though this happened over 40 years ago, it still inspires many of us to stand up for what is right.

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A new era has begun in the civil rights in Los Angeles and new leadership must pick up the call...

An article about the changing face of marriage in America as it pertains to same gender marriages, compared with the civil rights movement of the past.

This paper is about women's roles in the civil rights movement. It is especially focused on the contributions of African-American women.

1960s and 1970s America. The Civil Rights, Free Speech, Women's Liberation and Gay Rights Movements.This twenty year span in American history served as the perfect time for the voices of black women to let their voices be heard by the dominant culture.

US Steel was a hotbed of activity for civil rights in the early 1960s. With the rest of the nation, US Steel served as a focal point of much of the unrest citizens were feeling.