civil rights

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The demonstrations also reflected growing frustration with institutions that many activists believe have failed to preserve protections won during the civil rights era.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

British music star FKA twigs is to play Josephine Baker in a new biopic of the Roaring Twenties icon who became a hero of the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

“Whether my client’s civil rights were violated will be determined in a court of law.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

At the LAPD’s insistence, the FBI began investigating the unit for possible civil rights violations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Yet in the 1950s, a civil rights movement was brewing, emboldened by the Supreme Court’s decisions and a shifting domestic and international political environment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander