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The Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision in favor of the baker in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case is limited specifically to this one case and calls into question actions from the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
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Since losing two childhood friends in the 1963 Sunday School bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, Fania Davis has dedicated her life to social justice advocacy, becoming a civil rights attorney and a restorative justice scholar, professor and national thought leader.
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts presents L.A. Theatre Works’ “The Mountaintop,” a fictional retelling of how the legendary civil rights leader spent his final hours on earth before his tragic assassination.
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Last week I ended a walking tour of Capitol Grounds as I always do with a stop at the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial that is between the Executive Mansion and the Capitol.
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The Waynesboro African American Heritage Museum is hosting an event to mark the birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a complaint asking for an extension of Virginia’s voter registration deadline.
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The Virginia Human Rights Act uniquely makes all violations of federal civil rights law a concurrent violation of state law.
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A statewide workshop focusing on the prevention of sexual assault on college and university campuses – and how to handle it if it does happen – will be held Friday, Nov. 20, at Wintergreen Resort, and will feature presenters from Bridgewater College, the Virginia attorney general’s office, the department of education’s office of civil rights in Washington, D.C., and many others from the educational community.
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The Statewide Mobile Justice Tour, designed to educate communities, advocates, families and returning citizens on how to get their civil rights, will be in Harrisonburg tonight from 6-8 p.m.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the University of Virginia announced today that UVA has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure that the University’s handling of sexual violence and sexual harassment complies with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
