Read more civil rights stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7067/civil-rights.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72963/kings-daughter-to-head-sclc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernice King was elected to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference today, becoming the first woman to helm the civil rights organization her father, Martin Luther King Jr., co-founded. King wasn’t there for the board vote, which she won 23-15 over an Arkansas judge, so interim president Byron Clay called...http://www.newser.com/story/72963/kings-daughter-to-head-sclc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:52:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71510/calif-will-honor-harvey-milk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReversing his position on a bill he vetoed a year ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed off on bill making May 22 an annual day of recognition in honor of gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk. The San Francisco supervisor, who was assassinated in 1978, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom...http://www.newser.com/story/71510/calif-will-honor-harvey-milk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 17:53:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71470/reporter-obama-dismissed-gay-marchers-as-fringe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama isn’t exactly quaking in his boots over the gay rights protesters that marched on Washington yesterday. The administration views the advocates as “part of the Internet left fringe,” CNBC correspondent John Harwood said on NBC last night. “One adviser told me, ‘those bloggers need to take off the...http://www.newser.com/story/71470/reporter-obama-dismissed-gay-marchers-as-fringe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 9:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71425/gay-rights-rally-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-dc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of gay and lesbian activists marched from the White House to the Capitol today, demanding that President Obama keep his promises to end "don't ask, don't tell" and work to end discrimination against gays. Rainbow flags and homemade signs abounded as participants chanted "Hey, Obama, let mama marry mama"...http://www.newser.com/story/71425/gay-rights-rally-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-dc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 14:58:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70684/garrido-cops-trampling-dugards-civil-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhillip Garrido says the woman he’s accused of abducting as a child and holding captive for 18 years is being denied civil rights as part of the ongoing investigation, he writes in a letter to Sacramento’s KRCA-TV. Jaycee Dugard’s “free speach [sic] rights are being violated,” Garrido says in urging...http://www.newser.com/story/70684/garrido-cops-trampling-dugards-civil-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 21:33:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69956/meet-this-years-macarthur-geniuses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA newspaper reporter who refuses to forget decades-old murders is among 24 recipients of this year's $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants." As in previous years, a wide variety of fields are represented on the list of recipients: There is a novelist and an applied physicist, a photojournalist and a...http://www.newser.com/story/69956/meet-this-years-macarthur-geniuses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 21:07:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68297/holder-to-crank-up-civil-rights-enforcement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration plans to revitalize the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and beef up efforts against racial discrimination, the New York Times reports. Attorney General Eric Holder has been working to redirect the focus to tackling discrimination in high-impact areas like housing, voting rights, employment, and bank lending, where...http://www.newser.com/story/68297/holder-to-crank-up-civil-rights-enforcement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 6:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66804/chinese-police-beat-detain-artist-at-earthquake-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAi Weiwei, China's leading artist and a prominent critic of the country's government, said yesterday he was beaten and detained when he tried to testify at a civil rights advocate's trial. Ai told the New York Times that dozens of police officers barged into his hotel room in Chengdu, the...http://www.newser.com/story/66804/chinese-police-beat-detain-artist-at-earthquake-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 6:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66696/eunice-kennedy-shriver-unsung-civil-rights-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot too long ago the mentally disabled—or "retarded" people, as we called them then—were often hidden away in medical institutions, neglected by their families, and subjected to horrific policies such as forced sterilization. Eunice Kennedy Shriver changed all that with the Special Olympics, which started in her backyard...http://www.newser.com/story/66696/eunice-kennedy-shriver-unsung-civil-rights-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 7:30:02 CDT