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Connetquot district violated civil rights law by complying with NYS Native American mascot ban, federal ...

Newsday 23 Jan 2026
Department of Education on Thursday announced that the Connetquot school district violated civil rights law when it agreed to rebrand as the "T-Birds" to comply with the state's ban on ...
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Tom Purcell - The civil rights pioneer history forgot

Image The Crescent News 22 Jan 2026
He helped pave the way for Martin Luther King Jr. and others to end Jim Crow — but few know his name ... .
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Federal agents arrested two Minessota civil rights activists over church protest

The Jerusalem Post 22 Jan 2026
In a speech in Ohio, Vice President JD Vance said Bondi had told him the "ringleader" of the church protest had been arrested ....
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Civil Rights photos on display at Misericordia

The Citizens' Voice 22 Jan 2026
A famous photographer’s photos of the 1960s Civil Rights era are on exhibit at Misericordia University. “Danny Lyon. Civil Rights” is on display through March 8 at the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at the Dallas Twp. campus ... Admission is free ... Show Caption.
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North Carolina Man Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation (US Department of Justice)

Public Technologies 22 Jan 2026
Dhillon of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division ... Miller for the Western District of North Carolina and Trial Attorney Chloe Neely of the Civil Rights Division's Criminal Section prosecuted the case.
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Rep. Chu Votes No on DHS Funding as ICE Continues Unchecked Violence and Civil Rights Abuses (Judy Chu)

Public Technologies 22 Jan 2026
Trump has enabled ICE to operate with impunity, violate civil rights, and arrest anyone they please, even for explicitly discriminatory reasons like their accent or ethnicity.
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Court of Appeal Sides with Consumer Watchdog and Coalition of Consumer Protection and Civil-Rights Organizations in Privacy and Access-to-Justice Case

PR Newswire 22 Jan 2026
Consumer Watchdog joined the amicus brief alongside numerous nonprofit consumer, housing, civil-rights, and legal-services organizations because the implications of the case extended far beyond tenant screening or background checks.
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The civil rights pioneer history forgot: Opinion column by Tom Purcell

Image Potter Leader-Enterprise 22 Jan 2026
So respected was this civil rights pioneer that, at his funeral in 1961, future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall served as a pallbearer, and King delivered his invocation ... rights contributions.
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Courts are mulling whether ICE violated observers’ civil rights. But does ICE listen to courts?

MinnPost 22 Jan 2026
This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.— Elliott Payne (@elliottpayne.org) 2026-01-19T15.46.56.285Z ... rights ... As I speak with you right now a gentleman from St.
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Black leaders warn Florida risks undoing civil rights gains

News Herald - Panama City 22 Jan 2026
Rouson says Uthmeier threatens decades of bipartisan consensus. Black lawmakers call for Gov DeSantis to dismiss the Attorney General’s General ... DeSantis suspending a state attorney for similar non-enforcement pledges. Black lawmakers want Gov ... Sen.
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Michigan Civil Rights Commission Notice of Public Meeting - January 26, 2026 (Michigan Department of Civil Rights)

Public Technologies 21 Jan 2026
Michigan Civil Rights Commission ... The Michigan Civil Rights Commission will hold a quarterly meeting at 10.00 A.M ... Michigan Civil Rights Commission.
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The civil rights pioneer history forgot

Image Gettysburg Times 21 Jan 2026
He helped pave the way for Martin Luther King Jr. and others to end Jim Crow, but few know his name ....
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The civil rights connection that leads back to Greenwood

Image Index-Journal 21 Jan 2026
Greenwood is rarely mentioned in history books when discussing the Civil Rights Movement, yet the community is connected one of the movement’s most influential voices ....
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