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ColorLines magazine
March 14, 2018
Dr. Mary Frances Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a distinguished fellow of the American Society for Legal History, the author of twelveÃâà...
TIME
March 14, 2018
Mary Frances Berry didn't particularly want to write another book. The historian, activist and polarizing former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had already written lots of them. But, after the 2016 election and the protests that followed President Trump's inauguration in 2017, her perspective wasÃâà...
The State Journal-Register
March 11, 2018
Nell Clay, left, president of the board of directors of the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum, greets Theresa Cummings before a ceremony and luncheon for Women's History Month that honored women in central Illinois who have made sacrifices and contributions during the Civil RightsÃâà...
Newsday
March 11, 2018
Thomas is a member of the New York State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Other Democrats seeking the seat are Suffolk Legislature presiding officer DuWayne Gregory, progressive activist Liuba Grechen Shirley, of Babylon, civic activist John Rennhack, of North Massapequa,Ãâà...
MDJOnline.com
February 19, 2018
The Georgia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will convene a public meeting Feb. 27 to discuss the status of the Olmstead (Disability) Decision in Georgia. This meeting is intended to examine current challenges of the Olmstead ruling on the disabled communities in Georgia.
AL.com
February 12, 2018
The panel discussions, hosted by the Alabama Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, will "examine access to voting in the state of Alabama which may have a discriminatory impact on voters based on race, color, disability status, national origin, and/or the administration of justice.".
AL.com
December 31, 1999
Uniontown residents also testified in 2016 before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which noted that the EPA's Civil Rights Office "has never made a formal finding of discrimination." Marianne Engelman Lado, supervising attorney for the Yale Law Environmental Justice Clinic who helped file the civilÃâà...
