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Today in history: Civil Rights Act signed

July 2, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, a historic advance for all Americans.

After Court smackdown of Arizona, DREAMers speak out

June 27, 2012 By Blake Skylar

President Obama recently ordered an end to deportation of young people who have been brought to this country as children.

After Arizona

June 26, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

The ruling sends a signal to the right wing and lawmakers in Arizona, Alabama and elsewhere that state laws, recently put on the books for racist and political reasons across this country, are unconstitutional.

Labor and people’s history: Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner murdered in Mississippi

June 21, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On June 21st, 1964 in Mississippi civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner went missing.

Today in labor history: D.C. restaurants integrate

June 8, 2012 By Special to People’s World

It was on June 8, 1953 that the tide turned in favor of racial equality, and the prejudicial policies of Washington restaurants were expressly forbidden.