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Loretta Lynch Named Tuskegee University Commencement Speaker

Tuskegee University has announced that Loretta Lynch, the first female African-American U.S. attorney general, will deliver the keynote address during the university’s 134th spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11. In April 2015, Lynch was appointed the 83rd U.S. attorney general by President Barack Obama and served in the role until January 2017, in addition […]

April 15, 2019

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Intercultural Center Dedicated to Andrew Young’s Late Wife

A dedicated space in northeast Indiana for discussions about diversity and inclusion, civic engagement and civil discourse has been created in honor of the late wife of civil rights legend Andrew Young. Young, 86, attended the recent dedication of the Jean Childs Young Intercultural Center and its domed Toyota Round at Manchester University, home of […]

October 25, 2018

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Angry Saudi Arabia Pulling 7,000 Students from Canada

Saudi Arabia is ordering its 7,000 students in Canada to get out of the North American country after Canadian leaders criticized Saudi Arabia’s detention and arrest of human rights activists, according to a CNN report. The students, who are on government scholarships, will be transferred to schools in other countries, according to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry […]

August 7, 2018

Native Americans

As American as Apple Pie

America isn’t divided by pundits and peddlers. It isn’t divided by vacuous political labels that tell us little about people’s commitment to mutual progress. Our country is divided because promoting the politics of exclusion is as American as apple pie.

June 21, 2018

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Hillary Clinton to Receive Prestigious Harvard Medal

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Hillary Clinton is being honored with a medal during Harvard University’s graduation week. The former First Lady, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and Democratic candidate for president will be awarded Friday in Cambridge with the Radcliffe Medal, which the university says honors individuals whose life and work have had a “transformative impact […]

May 21, 2018

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Writers of Color Tackle Human Rights

At first glance, making the argument that human rights are important seems unnecessary. Particularly in America — whose founding document proclaims the “unalienable Rights” of all individuals — it would be difficult to find anyone willing to admit that human rights aren’t valuable.

March 15, 2018

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Emerging Scholar Profile: Achiume Combats Intolerance Internationally

Growing up, E. Tendayi Achiume wanted to be a physicist or an engineer, inspired by a high school physics teacher.

January 24, 2018

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Former Obama Official Helps to Expand the Civil Rights Agenda

Vanita Gupta is the new president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, taking over the mantle from Wade Henderson, who retired this year after leading the organization for more than two decades.

August 9, 2017