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Civil Rights

Rev. Barber settles lawsuit with AMC Theatres, attorney says

  • May 15
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Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment

  • Apr 24

John Quiñones calls Cesar Chavez allegations 'devastating'

  • Mar 19

Pastor completes 40-mile march to Raleigh calling for reparations

  • Mar 17

Decades after 'Bloody Sunday,' organizers worry for Voting Rights Act

  • Mar 8

Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for a private homegoing

  • Mar 7

AG announces indictments against 30 more who protested at Minn. church

  • Feb 27

Robeson Co. family shares unforgettable 1984 visit from Jesse Jackson

  • Feb 27

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Baltimore pastor walks 40 miles to Raleigh, calling for justice

  • Mar 17
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Booker T. Spicely to be honored by Durham Museum of History

  • Dec 1, 2025
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Pauli Murray Center losing thousands in federal funding

  • Apr 17, 2025
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Family and friends gather to remember Dr. Lavonia Allison

  • Jan 24, 2025
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Durham civil rights activist Dr. Lavonia Allison dies

  • Jan 8, 2025
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A cut above: Jackson's Barbershop receives historic recognition

  • Sep 25, 2024
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NC trailblazers reflect on 60th anniversary of Civil Rights Act

  • Jul 3, 2024
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Durham native, civil rights icon featured on U.S. quarter

  • Mar 19, 2024

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Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began Thursday in Chicago, the city the late civil rights leader called home.

  • Feb 26

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at age 84

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday morning aged 84, according to a statement released by his family.

  • Feb 17
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Purple Heart recipient detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney

Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours.

  • Jan 23
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin's 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement.

  • Jan 14
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Betty Reid Soskin, legendary national park ranger, dies at 104, family says

Betty Reid Soskin, best known as the oldest serving National Park Service ranger in the country, has died, her family confirmed on Sunday.

  • Dec 22, 2025