Civil Rights

Coretta Scott King, center, accompanied by the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, her children, and singer Harry Belafonte, leads a march in Memphis to honor her husband who was assassinated four days earlier.

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After MLK's Death, Coretta Scott King Went To Memphis To Finish His Work

7:00am April 08, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

Four days after her husband was killed, Coretta Scott King led a march in Memphis. The act reflected her role as a partner in the struggle for civil rights. "I was impelled to come," she said.

Then-President Barack Obama helps paint a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. in 2017.

Barack Obama And John Lewis Remember The Work Of Martin Luther King Jr.

3:22pm April 04, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"Being on the right side of history isn't always popular. And it isn't always easy," said the former president.

Nina Irizarry says she was sexually harassed in various jobs as a contractor, but didn't have a human resources person to turn to or an employer to sue.

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Unequal Rights: Contract Workers Have Few Workplace Protections

2:18pm March 26, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

Across a diverse set of industries, contract work is booming, and that is raising concerns about a lack of anti-discrimination, harassment and other legal protections for those workers.

Critics of Roger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights at HHS, worry Severino's efforts on behalf of some health workers will reduce women's access to reproductive health services and could aggravate discrimination against transgender people.

Civil Rights Chief At HHS Defends The Right To Refuse Care On Religious Grounds

5:31pm March 20, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

Roger Severino created a new division in the Department of Health And Human Services to guard the religious rights of health care workers. That worries some advocates for women and LGBTQ people.

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Advocate And Activist: Pauli Murray's Pursuit Of Equality

5:20am March 15, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, another woman refused to give up her seat.

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Former Democratic Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, seen in August 2017, holds a copy of The Kerner Report, as he discusses its 50th anniversary. Harris is the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission.

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Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study, Finds More Poverty, More Segregation

8:54pm February 27, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

"Whoever thought that 50 years later, we'd still be talking about the same things? That's kinda sad," Kerner Commission member Fred Harris said.

Billy Graham's Civil Rights Stance: Theological Principle And Careerist Caution

7:00am February 22, 2018

by David Ford

During much of Billy Graham's long and influential life, the nation's best-known Christian evangelist largely kept his distance from volatile political and social issues of the day.

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The Black History Heritage Ride Returns To Greensboro Transit Authority

7:00am February 05, 2018

by David Ford

It's Black History Month in America, and for the Greensboro Transit Authority, that means a return of the Heritage Ride.

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Madison Jensen, 21, died on Dec. 1, 2016, of a cardiac arrhythmia due to dehydration and opiate withdrawal while in custody of the Duchesne County, Utah, jail.

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Utah Jails, Prisons To Get New Safety Standards After Deaths And Controversy

1:46pm January 30, 2018

by Whittney Evans

Questions about the number of inmates dying in custody drew attention to the standards. A former Corrections chief said existing safety standards contained trade secrets, and would not release them.

Tennessee National Guard troopers in jeeps and trucks escort a protest march by striking sanitation workers through downtown Memphis, March 30, 1968.

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NAACP Honors Memphis Sanitation Workers Who Went On Strike In 1968

10:33pm January 15, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Some 1,300 black men from the Memphis Department of Public Works went on strike 50 years ago to protest poor working conditions. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about them a day before his assassination.