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In the News- Can we live without affirmative action? Supreme Court decision may change black life in America June 17, 2013
- High Court Affirmative Action Case Could Have Workplace Implications June 17, 2013
- It's no time to retreat from affirmative action, voting rights June 17, 2013
- Affirmative action still needed June 17, 2013
- Key affirmative action case ready for resolution June 17, 2013
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- Supreme Court Upholds Primacy of Federal ‘Motor Voter Law’ in Arizona Voter Registration Ruling June 17, 2013
- 11 Ways the Immigration Reform Bill Can Protect the Rights of Non-citizens June 12, 2013
- Civil and Human Rights Coalition Welcomes President Obama’s Judicial Nominations to D.C. Circuit Court June 5, 2013
- Committee Vote Sends President Obama’s Secretary of Labor Nominee Tom Perez to Full Senate May 21, 2013
- Jenny Yang Sworn In as EEOC Commissioner May 16, 2013
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Category Archives: Media and Culture
VIDEO: Rally for Marriage Equality at the Supreme Court!
On Tuesday, March 26, thousands of people gathered in front of the Supreme Court building to speak out in support of the right for same-sex couples to get married. President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human … Continue reading
Video: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” – Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
By Philomena Ogalo, A Spring 2013 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern Jon Stewart recently featured a “Daily Show” segment on the Voting Rights Act, just a week after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of Section … Continue reading
Jon Stewart Interviews Director of ‘The House I Live In’ and Talks about Devastating Consequences of the ‘War on Drugs’
Director Eugene Jarecki’s new film, The House I Live In, looks at the extreme human and financial costs of the so the called War on Drugs that has ruined millions of lives and led to the mass incarceration of millions of … Continue reading
‘The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement’ on PBS
By Maddie Peare, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern On Thursday, August 9 at 10:00 p.m., PBS will be showing the 2012 Oscar-nominated short film, “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement,” which tells … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights history, voting rights, Voting Rights Act
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Violence against Women & the ‘Burden of Silence’
By Rachel Barr, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern The short film, “Burden of Silence,” sheds light on heartbreaking but hidden stories of sexual abuse and violence against native women in rural Alaska, where one in three native … Continue reading
Title IX Recognized by ESPN & Brittney Griner at ESPY Awards
By Willie Roberson, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern If you had a chance to watch the 20th ESPY Awards on ESPN last night, you couldn’t have missed women’s basketball phenom Brittney Griner accept two major awards. During … Continue reading
Cornel West and Tavis Smiley Talk Attacks on Voting Rights & Poverty
Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on Attacks on Voting Rights & Poverty Continue reading
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Tagged child poverty, discrimination, low-income people, poverty, voter id, voting rights
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