Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most of the arrests were made without incident. The protestors, who had taken eight-hour civil disobedience training courses, went limp in a few cases but for the most part stood passively while police fastened plastic strips that served as handcuffs and took them to police headquarters in Yatbank...
Charles W. Cheng of Los Angeles, an educator and civil rights activist who was involved in the movement to desegregate Boston public schools, was among those killed in Friday's crash of the American Airlines DC-10 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. He was 42 years...
Cheng had been actively involved in civil rights work since the early 1960s, when he took part in school boycotts in Detroit for racial desegregation. He was also active in the Freedom Rides and voter registration programs in Mississippi...
Actually, individuals have already brought suit under Title VI and Title IX, and many civil rights lawyers and courts have assumed all along that they could. The high court's decision simply removes any doubt and makes people aware of their rights. Says Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe: "Once the Supreme Court gives the green light, you can expect more suits...
DIED. A. Philip Randolph, 90, silver-tongued crusader for blacks' civil rights and pioneering organizer of black labor; in New York City (see NATION...