civil rights
Russia adopts law against “gay propaganda”
June 12, 2013"The government is using homophobia and xenophobia to justify its policies against an independent civil society."
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Today in labor history: Supreme Court ends laws against interracial marriage
June 12, 2013The case was brought forth by Richard and Mildred Loving, who were imprisoned for one year for marrying in the state of Virginia.
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Today in labor history: University of Alabama desegregated
June 11, 2013Fifty years ago today, two Black students, James Hood and Vivian Malone, walked through the doors of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
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Detroit remembers 50 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech
June 11, 2013Why are tens of thousands again prepared to march in Detroit? "We need a better Detroit, better Michigan, better jobs, and better justice, to turn the dream of 1963 into the reality of 2013."
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Today in labor history: James Meredith shot
June 6, 2013On this day in 1966, civil rights activist James Meredith was shot while leading the March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson.
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