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Fifty years ago, brutally murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till was pulled from a Mississippi river. His mother bravely displayed his mutilated body for all the world to see, galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement.
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Camp Thunderbird, once used by Ranch Rescue as a training ground for anti-immigrant vigilantes, has been deeded to two Salvadorans who were assaulted by Ranch Rescue members.
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An NCAA ruling banning the use of Native American images and nicknames by sports teams during postseason tournaments is being hailed as a victory in the effort to remove such imagery from sports entirely.
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With just under three months to go, plans for the dedication of the new Civil Rights Memorial Center and Wall of Tolerance are in full swing.
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Save Our State founder Joe Turner has said he disapproves of white supremacists, but has repeatedly failed to turn them away and, separately, he has defended 'white separatism.'
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Days before the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, many of those who marched for its passage gathered to call for the act's renewal.
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A staggering 70 percent of youth released from Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) institutions end up back behind bars within a few years, according to a new report released today.
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Thomas Moore's crusade for convictions in the 1964 killings of his 19-year-old brother and a friend the same age helped prompt U. S. Attorney Dunn Lampton of Jackson to pledge to re-investigate the murders.
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If John Roberts fits the conservative mold, it could pose significant difficulties for civil rights advocates and organizations like the Center.
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Eric Rudolph, the abortion clinic and Olympic Park bomber responsible for four bombings that killed two and injured more than 150 others over a three-year period, was sentenced to life in prison today.
