Civil Rights

Tribe backs civil-rights effort (Billings Gazette)

20 Jul 2008

The Tulalip Tribes of Washington on Friday asked all tribes, individuals, organizations and businesses to join a national fundraising campaign to support the Native American Rights Fund, a national nonprofit legal and advocacy organization for indigenous peoples in the United States.

Some call for new start as Civil Rights panel regroups (The Gazette)

20 Jul 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; While Cedar Rapids Civil Rights commissioners strategize on how to heal their splintered board after firing their director, some community members are calling for a clean slate. C.J. Schmidt, of the NAACP's Cedar Rapids chapter, is drafting a petition urging the City Council to dissolve the commission and appoint a new one.Schmidt said his petition would include ...

Va. to unveil memorial to civil rights pioneers (WAVY 10)

19 Jul 2008

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A group of Prince Edward County students who inadvertently became civil rights icons when they spoke out against Virginia's separate but unequal school doctrine will be immortalized on the capitol grounds.