Rights
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Black Breaking News
This Harvard-educated civil rights lawyer was laid off from the DOE—now she’s fighting back
Sheria Smith was living her professional dream before getting laid off from the U.S. Department of Education. A Harvard graduate…
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Black Breaking News
Department of Education layoffs stall civil rights investigations in schools: ‘I fear that it’s only just begun’
The gutting of 1,300 employees from the U.S. Department of Education has sent shockwaves across the education industry, with increased…
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Black Breaking News
60 years after ‘Bloody Sunday,’ leaders say voting rights and racial equality have declined
Civil rights leaders and elected officials commemorated on Friday the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day voting and civil…
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Politics
Former New York NAACP President And Civil Rights Activist Hazel Dukes Passes Away At 92
Hazel Dukes, civil rights leader and president of the NAACP New York State Conference, passed away on March 1 at…
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Black Breaking News
Civil rights activist Dr. Hazel Dukes dies at 92
Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, a trailblazing civil rights activist and esteemed leader, passed away on Saturday morning at the age…
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Black Breaking News
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday that strikes gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, making Iowa…
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Black Breaking News
Civil rights groups sue Trump over ‘malicious’ and ‘unlawful’ anti-DEI, LGBTQ orders
A coalition of civil and human rights groups is hitting back at President Donald Trump and his administration over executive…
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Health + Wellness
Reproductive Rights: How One Advocate Is Leading the Fight
Reproductive Rights: How One Advocate Is Leading the Fight – BlackDoctor.org …
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Black Breaking News
UN rights body condemns Rwanda and the rebels it backs in neighboring Congo; nearly 3,000 killed so far as violence increases
The U.N.’s top human rights body on Friday condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo…
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Black Breaking News
Kiah Duggins, civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant, among those killed in D.C. plane crash
Civil rights attorney Kiah Duggins was among the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas,…
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