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John Marshall Higgins, the former superintendent of the Rockbridge County Regional Jail, and a former member of the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors, was convicted yesterday on multiple charges.
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The Virginia House of Delegates passed a landmark civil rights bill to make the Office of Civil Rights a permanent part of the Office of Attorney General.
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About that announcement this morning from Attorney General Mark Herring about the launch of an Office of Civil Rights: Jay Jones, who is challenging Herring for the Democratic AG nomination, says it was his idea.
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Attorney General Mark Herring has created an Office of Civil Rights within the AG’s office, and is backing legislation to make the office a permanent feature
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Civil rights are a set of rights afforded to the citizens of a society that protect them from discrimination and repression.
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In the past few months in the United States, issues of civil rights have been front and center.
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The body of John Lewis will be laid to rest this week, but the legacy of his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement will live on.
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Emory & Henry College will hold a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week of Awareness Jan. 18-26 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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The Northam administration has restored the civil rights of 22,205 Virginians previously convicted of a felony since Ralph Northam took office as governor in 2018.
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Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) introduced bipartisan legislation to name a Hopewell post office in honor of the Reverend Curtis West Harris, a civil rights hero and the first black mayor of Hopewell.
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