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The Virginia Museum of History & Culture and The Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond have partnered to showcase a film series centered around civil rights, human rights and social justice in American history.
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MovementForward Inc, based in Atlanta, is a solution-focused civil rights organization founded in 2015 by a group of faith leaders.
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The Republican majority in the Virginia House of Delegates is following through on its promises to the base to roll back recent gains made in LGBTQ+ equality.
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The final press release from the Office of Gov. Ralph Northam touted a noble goal achieved by the Democrat in his four years in office: the restoration of civil rights to more than 126,000 individuals who completed their sentences and fully paid their debts to society.
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John Marshall Higgins, the former superintendent of the Rockbridge County Regional Jail, was sentenced this week to 51 months in federal prison.
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State Sen. Jennifer McClellan today received the endorsement of civil rights leader Clarence Dunnaville in her bid for the Democratic Party nomination for governor.
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Virginia is one of three states in the nation whose constitution permanently disenfranchises citizens with past felony convictions, but gives the governor the sole discretion to restore civil rights, excluding firearm rights.
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Dominion Energy will contribute $1 million to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a civil rights organization with the mission to secure equal justice for all through the rule of law.
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The House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that expands protections for LGBTQ+ people.
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A bill from Attorney General Mark Herring and House Majority Leader Charniele Herring to make the Office of Civil Rights a permanent part of the Office of Attorney General is headed to the governor’s desk.
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