All posts tagged "civil rights movement"
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California lawmakers seek pardon for gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin
A pair of California lawmakers have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to issue a posthumous pardon to Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civil rights leader...
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Obama links gay rights and civil rights movements in Selma speech
— President Barack Obama marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches during a speech at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. “We’re...
