Civil rights in america articles
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin audiobook review – powerful essays from the civil rights frontline
Law & Order’s Jesse L Martin narrates two powerful essays examining the Black experience in the US, the first in a series marking the author’s centenary yearFirst published in 1963 at the height of the US civil rights movement, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time comprises two astonishing essays examining the Black experience in the United States and the struggle against racial injustice.The first, My Dungeon Shook, takes the form of a letter to Baldwin’s 14-year-old nephew, and outlines “the...
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Iowa law lets police arrest migrants. The federal government and civil rights groups are suing
The U.S. Justice Department sued Iowa over its new law that would give the state the authority to arrest and deport some migrants.
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Rev. William Lawson, civil rights leader and longtime Houston pastor, dies at 95, church says
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — Rev. William Lawson, a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, according to an obituary posted on the church’s website. He was 95. Lawson was known as “Houston’s Pastor;” a trusted voice in the community who ushered the city through times of crisis and change. In