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SANTA CRUZ - A federal judge this week resolved a lawsuit against the city of Santa Cruz, first filed after it announced plans in December to dismantle a large homeless camp in San Lorenzo Park. The dismissal, jointly moved last week by…

Where should a civil rights mural be placed in Derby? | Valley Independent Sentinel Valley Independent Sentinel

SANTA CRUZ - With state law introduced this year, California counties and their residents have the authority to create new oversight for their sheriff's offices - a concept some Santa Cruz county organizations are keen to explore. The…

June 12: Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot dead in his Jackson, Mississippi driveway in 1963 Medgar Evers: Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925 and was known as a civil rights activist and Secretary of…

Clyde Kennard (Wikipedia) A stretch of freeway near the University of Southern Mississippi was named to honor a civil rights pioneer who was wrongly convicted after trying to enroll in the all-white university in the 1950s. The…

Vernon Jordan Davis (Courtesy Photo) Vernon Jordan, the former National Urban League president and civil rights activist, has died at the age of 85. Vickee Jordan Adams, the icon's daughter, confirmed his death Tuesday. "My father died…

Kristen Clarke has extensive civil rights experience and began her career as a lawyer in the Department of Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. (Courtesy photo) Kristen Clarke, president of the Civil Rights Under Law Advisory…