civil rights

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King became a trailblazer for LGBTQ+ and women’s civil rights and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 in part for her advocacy for equality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

At the rally in Montgomery, chants of “we won’t go back” echoed through crowds gathered near the Alabama Capitol, where both Confederate and civil rights monuments stand within view of one another.

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,” attorney Daniel Kaiser said last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

But outside of the death penalty arena, civil rights advocates have long been reluctant to leap to the defense of those viewed as criminals.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander