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Gerry Broome / AP

10:07am May 14, 2018

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The Poor People's Campaign Seeks To Complete Martin Luther King's Final Dream

by Brakkton Booker

The 1968 Poor People's Campaign lasted 42 days. The new campaign vows 40 days of nonviolent direct action to focus on issues that activists say are linked to poverty, including systemic racism.
Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR

5:00am Apr 26, 2018

National National Politics & Government

New Lynching Memorial Is A Space 'To Talk About All Of That Anguish'

by Debbie Elliott

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., and includes monuments for victims of lynchings. Organizers say it's time "to confront the brutality."

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7:00am Apr 08, 2018

National National

After MLK's Death, Coretta Scott King Went To Memphis To Finish His Work

by Debbie Elliott

Four days after her husband was killed, Coretta Scott King led a march in Memphis. The act reflected her role as a partner in the struggle for civil rights. "I was impelled to come," she said.
Susan Walsh / AP

3:22pm Apr 04, 2018

National National Politics & Government

Barack Obama And John Lewis Remember The Work Of Martin Luther King Jr.

by Sasha Ingber

"Being on the right side of history isn't always popular. And it isn't always easy," said the former president.
Justin T. Shockley / Courtesy of Nina Irizarry

2:18pm Mar 26, 2018

National National

Unequal Rights: Contract Workers Have Few Workplace Protections

by Yuki Noguchi

Across a diverse set of industries, contract work is booming, and that is raising concerns about a lack of anti-discrimination, harassment and other legal protections for those workers.
Jacquelyn Martin / AP

5:31pm Mar 20, 2018

National National Health & Safety

Civil Rights Chief At HHS Defends The Right To Refuse Care On Religious Grounds

by Alison Kodjak

Roger Severino created a new division in the Department of Health And Human Services to guard the religious rights of health care workers. That worries some advocates for women and LGBTQ people.

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5:20am Mar 15, 2018

Human Interest Human Interest Race

Advocate And Activist: Pauli Murray's Pursuit Of Equality

by Bethany Chafin

Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, another woman refused to give up her seat.

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Russell Contreras / AP

8:54pm Feb 27, 2018

National National

Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study, Finds More Poverty, More Segregation

by Karen Grigsby Bates

"Whoever thought that 50 years later, we'd still be talking about the same things? That's kinda sad," Kerner Commission member Fred Harris said.
7:00am Feb 22, 2018

Human Interest Human Interest Religion

Billy Graham's Civil Rights Stance: Theological Principle And Careerist Caution

by David Ford

During much of Billy Graham’s long and influential life, the nation’s best-known Christian evangelist largely kept his distance from volatile political and social issues of the day.

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7:00am Feb 05, 2018

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The Black History Heritage Ride Returns To Greensboro Transit Authority

by David Ford

It’s Black History Month in America, and for the Greensboro Transit Authority, that means a return of the Heritage Ride.

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Courtesy of Jared Jensen

1:46pm Jan 30, 2018

National National

Utah Jails, Prisons To Get New Safety Standards After Deaths And Controversy

by Whittney Evans

Questions about the number of inmates dying in custody drew attention to the standards. A former Corrections chief said existing safety standards contained trade secrets, and would not release them.
LG / AP

10:33pm Jan 15, 2018

National National

NAACP Honors Memphis Sanitation Workers Who Went On Strike In 1968

by Hansi Lo Wang

Some 1,300 black men from the Memphis Department of Public Works went on strike 50 years ago to protest poor working conditions. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about them a day before his assassination.

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