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Carolyn Wells Gee was in bed watching TV with her younger sister when she heard the shot that killed Medgar Evers.
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October 25, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Memorial with a special two-day event in November. The Civil Rights Memorial , dedicated by the SPLC on Nov. 5,...
October 10, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – For decades, the disparate impact provision of the Fair Housing Act has helped protect victims of domestic violence, immigrants, families with children, individuals with disabilities, communities of color and...
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Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot by Alabama state troopers during a peaceful voting rights march on Feb. 18, 1965.
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Clifton Franklin was a high school football running back who – at 16 – wanted to play in a big game between Louisiana rivals. His mother, however, had other plans.
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As the prosecution made its closing argument, photos of the nine people that Dylann Roof had shot to death in a Charleston, South Carolina, church appeared on the screen in bloody, gruesome detail.
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Jerry Smith was humming along U.S. Highway 11 in his light-green, 1961 Chevrolet Corvair, when he came upon something unusual.
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Results of a recent survey show Mix It Up at Lunch Day was an overwhelming success for the more than three million students across the country who participated in November.
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After a series of race-related incidents, Center co-founder Morris Dees traveled to Snohomish County, Wash., to help celebrate the birthday of Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
