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Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond

WASHINGTON — Following last term's overturning of Roe v. Wade and an expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court's conservatives are moving now to sharply limit or strike down affirmative action at colleges and universities.

Los Angeles Times

Black residents in Corpus Christi file a civil rights complaint to stop Texas’ first desalination plant

Since 2007, Hillcrest residents have sued to challenge plans for a sewage treatment plant in their neighborhood, and then bridge construction.

The Texas Tribune

Preview: The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

Presented in partnership with Texas Public Radio, an investigation of the death of an iconic civil rights leader, ruled a suicide by police.

Texas Observer

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Twitter braces for Donald Trump’s return as Elon Musk takes over platform

Civil rights advocates fear proposed rule changes will turn site into ‘a supercharged engine of radicalisation’

The Guardian - UK

Suspended Georgia sheriff convicted of civil rights abuses

A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs

The Independent UK

Re-reading Justice Thurgood Marshall's Opinion in Bakke

In 1978, the Supreme Court issued its first significant affirmative action judgment in Bakke. The Court split 4-4-1. Four Justices argued that the 1964 Civil Rights Act barred the use of race in university admissions. Four justices contended that neither the Act nor the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited the use of…

Reason

Peers pay tribute to Baroness May Blood following death aged 84

Lady Blood was a peace activist, civil rights campaigner and trade unionist.

The Independent UK

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EPA calls out environmental racism

The EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution

Salon

Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder

George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest

The Independent UK

Everyday people were civil rights heroes, too. This is the story of one town's fight

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

WEKU

Daniel Smith: One of the last children of enslaved Americans

Civil rights activist Daniel Smith grew up listening to his father’s brutal stories of bondage, experiences that drove the fierce pride and resilience he maintained until his death

The Independent UK

‘Loudmouth’ shows Al Sharpton’s impact on the civil rights movement and his role as a voice for the Black community: ‘I’m the blow-up man’

CHICAGO — The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks this line in the documentary “Loudmouth,” the first on his legacy: “People call me to blow up issues. I’m the blow-up man and I don’t apologize for that.”

Chicago Tribune

The EPA starts a civil rights probe into Mississippi's water woes

The agency said that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.

WEKU

Georgia sheriff testifies to dispute civil rights charges

A Georgia sheriff on trial for abusing the rights of jail detainees who were strapped into restraint chairs has denied wrongdoing

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EPA starts civil rights probe into Mississippi water woes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system

The Guardian - US

ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel

The civil rights group says the law is in conflict with a 40-year-old supreme court ruling that boycotts are protected speech

Liverpool Echo

Son of iconic civil rights leader visits Liverpool

The son of the Rt Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey spoke of his father's legacy

The Guardian - US

Louisiana trio imprisoned for 28 years freed after judge tosses murder convictions

Newly uncovered evidence linked police investigation into 1994 New Orleans murder to disgraced officer currently on federal death row

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The Guardian - US

Rosa Parks: new documentary sheds light on a misunderstood figure

In The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks, an often simplified icon of civil rights is given an expansive and deserving tribute

Boston Herald

Civil rights icon Jean McGuire reflects on Franklin Park stabbing, rescuers

Jean McGuire will never walk alone in Franklin Park again after she was attacked there by a knife-wielding stranger nearly a week ago.

The Independent UK

91-year-old Boston woman stabbed at park thanks 'angels'

A 91-year-old civil rights activist and education pioneer who was stabbed while walking her dog in a Boston park last week says she no longer feels safe walking alone

The Independent UK

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

A new biopic about the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement, is being promoted as a tribute to Black women and Black mothers who are continuing her legacy and fight for justice, equality and equity

The Independent UK

91-year-old activist releases 1st statement since stabbing

A 91-year-old education equity pioneer and civil rights activist who was stabbed while walking her dog in a Boston park has released her first public statement since the attack, keeping the focus on her lifetime work of helping children

Reuters

Spain broke law returning migrants to Morocco during deadly mass border crossing - ombudsman

Spanish authorities failed to uphold domestic and international law in returning to Morocco nearly 500 migrants following a mass border crossing in which at least 23 people died, the country's civil rights ombudsman said in an interim report on Friday.

Los Angeles Times

How the star of 'Till' found the strength to play 'the mother lode' of roles

LOS ANGELES — Danielle Deadwyler vividly recalls what went through her mind when she learned that she had landed the lead role in "Till," a new film centered on civil rights advocate Mamie Till-Mobley and her fight for justice following the brutal slaying of her son Emmett Till in the…

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