civil rights

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Rev. Bernice King, daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., released a statement in support of Jones.

From Los Angeles Times

“Maybe by telling my story — something I was afraid to do for a long time — kids will have a better understanding about what the civil rights movement was about.”

From Salon

“These statements were lies,” Zapata Rivera alleges in an ongoing civil rights lawsuit he filed against the ICE agent who used the carotid restraint.

From Salon

A West Virginia high school student also alleges that the state's ban runs counter to federal civil rights law.

From BBC

It was Rosa Parks who became one of the main figures of the civil rights movement after her very similar case led to the large-scale boycott of the bus system in the city.

From BBC