civil rights

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government;      700+ words ......20th century, the civil rights movement of African Americans has had a strong...and expand the civil rights of African Americans with regard to...protect and promote civil rights for African Americans. Martin Luther...

Civil rights. (civil rights movement)

Social Policy;  March 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ......post-Civil War Civil Rights Acts null. In...example, 106 African Americans were reportedly...were closed to African Americans and other people...by the various civil rights movements of...education to African Americans and Latinos in that state. ...

Young people challenged to fulfill promises of Civil Rights Bill

Indianapolis Recorder;  July 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......scars. Many African Americans still take note...anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, the sweeping...saying that young African Americans need to understand...Even though African Americans are...the Indiana Civil Rights Commission...

Clinton Gets Mixed Grade on Civil Rights

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ......pressure on civil rights, the Guinier...that he failed African Americans in that case...invariably among African Americans, a core Democratic...staffing of the civil-rights apparatus, from...Department's new civil rights chief. Formerly...a strident ...

Local Civil Rights Leaders To Be Honored

Sun Reporter, The;  March 10, 2005 ;     373 words ......03-10-2005 On March 17, Bay Area African Americans and others who experienced...of the glory days of the civil rights movement will be be honored...Leadership Conference on Civil Rights co-sponsored the tour and...accounts of the struggle for civil rights. The ...

Civil Rights Commissioner Marches in Different Time; Conservative Has Not...

The Washington Post;  January 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Reynolds. Commission board members, civil rights advocates and federal employees who...direct his department's office of civil rights, the largest in the federal government...powerful intellect to the table." Civil rights workers at Education were wary that...director of the ...

The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History

Arkansas Historical Quarterly;  October 1, 2006 ;     623 words ...The Civil Rights Movement...American civil rights. Students...nnessee's foremost civil rights attorney...breadth of civil rights activism...discusses African Americans' post-emancipation...By 1881, African Americans strengthened...1875 federal ...

Bearers of the Torch Keep Civil Rights Movement Alive

Los Angeles Sentinel;  July 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......images of the civil rights movement are...represented for African Americans, at that time...treatment of African Americans. The Little Rock...and other great civil rights leaders creating...and power from African Americans as they pushed...spirit of the ...

Today's Civil Rights Challenges

Oakland Post;  August 17, 1994 ;     700+ words ......demands facing African Americans. A consensus amongst Civil Rights activists...dichotomy, African-Americans made tremendous civil rights gains. While...revered by the Civil Rights establishment...reviled. Today, African Americans celebrate...

A virtual tour: Birmingham and Memphis Civil Rights Institutes

Black Collegian;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Birmingham and Memphis Civil Rights Institutes The Civil Rights Institute of...The National Civil Rights Museum at the...the struggle of African Americans against injustices...the year the Civil Rights Movement began...heroic efforts of African ...

PUSH: CIVIL RIGHTS MUST BE DEFENDED

United Press International;  July 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 PUSH: Civil rights must be defended CHICAGO...Coalition conference called for African- Americans, other minorities and whites...half a century of hard-won civil rights they say are under attack...utterly failed the country in civil rights. He said President ...

Glendening Gains Momentum With Ads on Civil Rights, Pollsters Say

The Washington Post;  October 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ......his base among African Americans -- voters considered...pigeonhole Sauerbrey's civil rights record as he...women and African Americans -- because it...hot-button issues from civil rights to gun control...that shows three African Americans and two ...

Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South

The Arkansas Historical Quarterly;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Struggle for Civil Rights in the South...height of the civil rights movement, radio...served as African Americans' main source...Struggle for Civil Rights in the South...attitudes toward African Americans and southern...confronting African ...

Gore Stresses Family Civil Rights Record

The Washington Post;  April 26, 1999 ;     695 words ......Gore tonight evoked the civil rights legacy of his father, former...a speech to thousands of African Americans, telling them that he feels...President Clinton's record on civil rights and to reinforce his credentials...white- -in America among African Americans. ...

The Civil Rights Identity of Bayard Rustin

Texas Law Review;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the consummate civil rights strategist and...action into the civil rights movement, and...affairs.7 Few African Americans engaged in as...outsider in black civil rights circles for much...conundrum for African-American leaders...trajectory of black civil ...