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Students across the Siouxland Empire recently competed in an essay contest, celebrating Human Rights Day. The day, honored each Dec. 10, marks the anniversary of the signing of the Universal ...
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights: First such march on Washington drew 75,000–125,000 gay men and lesbians to demand equal civil rights. 1979 – November 9 Iran Hostage Crisis: A sign said "Deport all Iranians" and "Get the hell out of my country". 1980 – March 23 Mobilization Against the Draft and Draft Registration
More than 400 LGBTQ and civil rights groups on Monday urged lawmakers to reject legislation that would bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, claiming the measure, which the ...
May 6 – Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy delivers a speech to the students of the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia, promising to enforce civil rights legislation. It is the Kennedy administration's first formal endorsement of civil rights. [13]
In the second half of the 20th century, significant demonstrations almost-simultaneously in many countries: the May 68 events in France began as a series of student strikes; [15] Polish political crisis that occurred the same year also saw a major student activism; [16] and the Mexican Movement of 1968 also started with students
Antisemitic speech, vandalism and physical attacks rose sharply in 2023, fueled by bias against Jews from both the extremist right and the political left, according to a new report from the Anti ...
February 1, 2023: Passed the CROWN Act [32] Arkansas: April 10, 2023: Passed the CROWN Act; only applies to educational discrimination in public schools and state-supported higher education institutions. [33] Texas: May 29, 2023: Passed the CROWN Act [34] Michigan: June 15, 2023 Passed the CROWN Act, amending the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act ...
The DOJ civil rights investigation, announced in 2023, was sparked in part by the death of Lashawn Thompson, an incarcerated man who died in a cell in the jail’s mental health unit covered in ...