civil rights
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On Wednesday, Dhillon posted an image on social media and wrote, “Launching a series of civil rights investigations. Another day in paradise!”
On Thursday, Dhillon — the department’s top civil rights chief — posted to X about the probes: “We did this yesterday. Among other things!”
From Los Angeles Times
She, like many in that movement, considered civil rights leader Cesar Chavez an icon.
From Salon
But over time, naming things after the labor leader became shorthand for honoring Latino civil rights and activism.
From Los Angeles Times
The region became the birthplace of the Chicano civil rights movement that included the East L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
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