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  Jury acquits a white Louisiana trooper caught on camera beating a Black motorist

  The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight.

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  From Civil Rights to campus change: Black student activism in Washington state

  Seattle isn't widely recognized as an epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement. But through the mid 20th-century, individuals and organizations were making national waves in a fight for recognition and equality. Those actions percolated to university life in Seattle and Pullman. The foundation of Black Studies came from the efforts of Black Students and Black Student Unions to create a space for talking about history, organizing, and black power.
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  From Bewitched to Modern Family: Queer representation in TV sitcoms

  Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with author & YouTube host Matt Baume to talk about his new book, "Hi Honey, I'm Homo: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture"
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  60 years since 'The Children's Crusade' changed Birmingham and the nation

  The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.
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  Seattle City Council bans caste discrimination

  A new ordinance from the Seattle City Council wants to ban caste discrimination. The legislation is off to Mayor Bruce Harrell to sign. If he does, Seattle would be the first city to add caste to a list of protected classes. Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a bill sponsor, says it's a simple question. Should discrimination based on caste be allowed to continue in Seattle? But, critics of the ordinance say the current discrimination law should be enough. Sital Kalantry, a Seattle University law professor, is here to help us untangle the ordinance.
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  Seattle's civil rights laws don't protect against caste discrimination — but they soon could

  In the Seattle area’s South Asian Community there is a growing concern of discrimination based on a person’s caste. City councilmember Kshama Sawant aims to expand the city’s civil rights measures to address this.
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  Lawsuit challenges Seattle's graffiti ordinance

  Four people have filed a complaint against the city of Seattle after being arrested and jailed in 2021 for writing easy-to-clean political messages on temporary barricades outside of the Seattle Police East Precinct. They allege the city's anti-graffiti ordinance is an unconstitutional violation of free speech.
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  The FBI monitored Aretha Franklin's role in the civil rights movement for years

  The agency surveilled Franklin and those around her to gauge how deeply she was involved in organizations tied to Communism, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement.

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  Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon

  The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.

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  Facebook will examine whether it treats Black users differently

  Black users, and even some of the company's own employees, have accused the social media giant of racial bias for years.

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