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Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division

Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.

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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complai

POLITICO on MSN · 2d

Education Department documents detail massive scope of agency worker terminations

The Trump administration’s steep workforce cuts at the Education Department include hundreds of attorneys, student aid workers and civil rights office staff, according to agency documents obtained by POLITICO.

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Books on protest movements of the civil rights era for adults and children

Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...

Civil rights icon Dave Dennis to discuss 1964 Freedom Summer at LSU Shreveport

Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...

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In 1964, a white, off-duty policeman killed a Black teenager in New York. That led to the now-infamous Harlem race riots.

After the Harlem race riots of 1935 and 1943 came "New York's Night of Birmingham Horror." Just weeks after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

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'All of their civil rights are restored' | Legal Analyst explains pardons after Bruceville-Eddy man pardoned for actions during 2021 Capitol riot

He was sentenced to 83 months in prison in 2023 for his actions in the riot. Grider's attorney ... but all of their civil rights are restored," Mitchell explained. "This means they regain their ...

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National Park Service tries to erase trans people from the Stonewall riots

“The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil ... riots in Manhattan, New York, which marked a major turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights.

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Newry Civil Rights Riots

Barry Linnane reports on the civil rights riots in Newry [no date on disc label but Northern Ireland riots, including events in Newry, took place 12–16 August 1969]. Includes recordings from the ...

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The word 'transgender' erased from National Park Service-run website commemorating Stonewall riot

The march was held to commemorate the stonewall riots which was held one year ... and replaced with phrases like the "LGB rights movement" or "LGB civil rights."Representatives of the present ...

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The Insurrection Act and America’s Troubling History You Need to Know

Imagine waking up in a country where the military isn’t just used to stop riots or keep the peace but is instead rounding up ...

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