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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report on Minority Voting Report
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released its 2018 report “An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States.” Commission Chair Catherine E. Lhamon said that the report “reflects the reality that citizens in the United States…
Read MoreBlack Women Public Service Workers and the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court Case
On February 26th, 2018, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that could profoundly affect the ability of public-sector workers to improve their wages and working conditions. Celine McNicholas and Janelle Jones of…
Read MoreThe Right to Love: Loving v. Virginia and the American Civil Liberties Union
In connection with the film, Loving, Rachel Van Unen’s entry in the Princeton University Archives’ blog displays some of the ACLU documents that were part of the case to led to the Supreme Court’s decision that laws prohibiting interracial marriage…
Read MoreThurgood Marshall’s victory
On this day, November 13, 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation on interstate buses to be unconstitutional. Click here for the New York Times front page.
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