civil rights

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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

Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and civil rights leader, connected the fight against American segregation to the broader struggle for human rights and peace around the world.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Can you sue him civilly for depriving you of your civil rights?

From Slate • May 4, 2026

We didn’t know it then, but the civil rights movement was nearing its peak.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson