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Civil Rights ordinance campaigns report finances
2015-08-26 12:14:26| Trucking - Topix.net
The group supporting the city's Uniform Civil Rights Protection ordinance raised nearly twice as much money as opponents through the end of July, according to financial filings with the Arkansas Ethics Commission. For Fayetteville, a registered ballot question committee advocating passage of the latest anti-discrimination law, listed $39,444 in contributions and $33,420 in expenditures in reports filed July 15 and Aug. 17. Go to the online version of this story at nwadg.com to review financial reports for For Fayetteville and Protect Fayetteville, two ballot question committees advocating for and against the city's Uniform Civil Rights Protection ordinance in a Sept.
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Hyundai Motor America Pays Tribute To Veteran Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray
2015-08-05 07:27:55| Automakers - Topix.net
Hyundai Motor America joined forces with the National Bar Association Board of Governors and the law firm of Ivie, McNeil and Wyatt to honor legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray at a special reception on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Held at the law offices of Ivie, McNeil and Wyatt, Hyundai executives, National Bar Association Board members, and high profile politicos including Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, gathered to celebrate Gray, one of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders.
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Modern civil rights movement expands on classic methods
2015-03-07 23:11:52| Biotech - Topix.net
As black Americans erupted in protest across the country last year, the St. Louis rapper Tef Poe told fellow activists: "This ain't your grandparents' civil rights movement." That's true.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Politicians say civil rights hero's vision of 'promised land' is still out of reach for African Americans
2015-01-20 01:20:12| Beverages - Topix.net
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, pictured last summer at New Columbia, said disparities still exist in Portland for people of color. But the city is working toward progress.
WMass residents react to recent civil rights protests
2014-12-05 01:46:15| Footwear - Topix.net
Protests started across the nation after a New York grand jury decided not to indict a police officer who was caught on camera placing a black man in a chokehold that contributed to his death. "Rightfully so because there's so much happening and it's really really about time that there's some change because really the whole world wants it and its about time for it to happen," Kenneth King, of Wilbraham.
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