Sunday May 26, 2013
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Tallahassee students march again, demand ‘Justice for Trayvon Martin’
BY Staff | Tallahassee, FL | 4/03/12
More than 200 students from Florida State University (FSU) marched on the streets here, March 26, to demand justice for Trayvon Martin.
African liberation, Civil Rights, Florida State University, Trayvon Martin
Right to protest attacked by Congress, President
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/15/12
On March 8, President Obama signed the Federal Restricted Building and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. This bill has been called the “anti-Occupy bill” and it specifically targets protests at national security events where the Secret Service is in charge.
civil liberties, Civil Rights, Federal Restricted Building and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, HR 347, Occupy Wall Street, right to protest
Bud Selig’s Dilemma
BY Foster Richards | Arizona | 8/19/10
Major League Baseball’s place in the history of the battle for equality and civil rights is an embarrassment. Black ballplayers were banned from the major leagues for over 75 years until 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
Arizona, Boycott Arizona, Bud Selig, Civil Rights, Major League Baseball, MLB, SB1070
Reflections on the elections and Proposition 8
BY Naomi Nakamura | Berkeley, CA | 11/13/08
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 was a bittersweet evening for me. The sweetness came first, as I was driving my daughter home from a play rehearsal when I heard that Barack Obama had won the election for President of the United States.
Civil Rights, Proposition 8, Same-sex marriage
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