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News Articles: civil rights

Harmeet Dhillon, far right, is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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70% of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division lawyers are leaving because of Trump's reshaping

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.

May 19, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Margaret Huang

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  • Politics

Civil rights groups in Atlanta condemn actions taken by Trump in his first 100 days in office

Civil rights groups in Atlanta condemned actions taken by President Donald Trump’s during his first 100 days in office during a press conference Wednesday.

April 30, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Amy Cupp hugs her daughter, G, for a portrait in her home in northern Indiana. G is 12 and has multiple disabilities. Cupp has filed a federal complaint over G's treatment in school but says the process stalled after President Trump's cuts to the U.S. Education Department.

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  • Education

Families say school civil rights investigations have stalled after federal cuts

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

April 16, 2025
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  • Dylan Peers McCoy
The U.S. Department of Labor building on March 26, 2020, in Washington, D,C. A federal contracting watchdog within the Department of Labor will now be headed by a lawyer who previously represented SpaceX.

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A lawyer who represented SpaceX looks to downsize federal contracting watchdog

The appointment of Catherine Eschbach could raise conflict-of-interest concerns. She will also lead the downsizing of an agency that holds contractors accountable to federal civil rights laws.

March 27, 2025
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  • Jenna McLaughlin and
  • Andrea Hsu
Lauren Sugerman maintained and repaired elevators in the 1980s. She says she got the job because of a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment for women and people of color.

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  • Politics

With Trump's crackdown on DEI, some women fear a path to good-paying jobs will close

Some fear a setback for women and people of color after President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment.

March 20, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
A photo of Lisa Young Alston

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Lisa Young Alston, daughter of civil rights leader Andrew Young, dies at 67

Lisa Young Alston, daughter of Ambassador Andrew Young, has died at 67.

March 17, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Caption: Andrew Young (right, standing) leads a prayer with Amelia Boynton, the Rev. Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and Bob Mants before the first march to Montgomery on March 7, 1965.  Credit: Spider Martin/Briscoe Center for American History

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At 93, Andrew Young reflects on legacy, faith and America’s future. He has no plans of slowing down

Civil rights icon Andrew Young reflects on his 93rd birthday, his lifelong pursuit of justice, and his unwavering faith in America’s future.

March 12, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels, shown at right, President Trump's pick in his first term to fill a Democratic seat on the commission, is sworn in by then-EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon, left, on October 14, 2020.

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Fired by Trump, EEOC official fears what the anti-discrimination agency will become

Jocelyn Samuels was Trump's pick in 2020 to fill a Democratic seat on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She was fired in January, accused of embracing "radical" ideology.

February 09, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
Charles Person, a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement and the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, passed away peacefully at his home in Fayetteville, Georgia, at the age of 82. (Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice)

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Charles Person, youngest Freedom Rider, passes away. Legacy lives on through Freedom Riders Training Academy

We honor the life and legacy of Mr. Charles Person, who passed away on January 8. As the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, he played a pivotal role in challenging segregation and advancing civil rights.

January 10, 2025
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  • The Atlanta Voice
The Honorable Andrew Young speaks a Homily next to the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, during a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington.

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LISTEN: Andrew Young praises Jimmy Carter's 'little deeds of love and mercy' during funeral Homily

The civil rights icon, pastor and former Atlanta mayor served as Ambassador to the United Nations during Jimmy Carter/s presidency and remembered his friend of 50 years as a man of courage and integrity.

January 09, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Rev. Dr. William Barber has long been known for his civil rights activism, including being arrested as part of nonviolent demonstrations.

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Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism

The Yale Center for Public Theology and Public Policy is raising up the next generation of Christian leaders focused on social justice. It's led by Rev. William Barber, after retirement from his longtime congregation.

November 03, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
Lufthansa aircraft are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, in March. The airline has agreed to pay a $4 million civil rights penalty by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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  • Religion

Lufthansa agrees to a record $4 million fine for its treatment of Jewish passengers

The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that discrimination; Lufthansa disagrees.

October 15, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Family members of people incarcerated in Georgia prisons and others protest against lax prison safety during a trip to the Georgia Capitol in 2023.

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  • Law

The federal Department of Justice: 'deliberate indifference' to violence in Georgia prisons

After a yearslong investigation, the Department of Justice says violence in Georgia prisons is at a "crisis level."

October 01, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Grant Blankenship
Rep. John Lewis thanks anti-gun violence supporters following a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 4, 2017.

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  • National

A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate monument in Georgia

The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.

August 18, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book for Sonjia Daymond at the opening of a traveling exhibit chronicling his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

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Andrew Young returns to South Georgia city where he first became pastor for exhibit on his life

Civil rights icon Andrew Young has come home to the south Georgia city where he first became a pastor in 1955. Young is billed as the star guest at the opening of a traveling exhibit in Thomasville aptly called "The Many Lives of Andrew Young."

August 09, 2024
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