Community spotlight: ACCORD Civil Rights Museum

The ACCORD Civil Rights Museum is a nonprofit organization founded by local citizens to remember the 1960s Civil Rights Movement of St. Augustine, Florida led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Robert B. Hayling, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The museum was designed to help educate the public…

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Human Rights Violation? Hacking Team CEO Says No

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Italian technology company Hacking Team of violations of human rights in Ethiopia. HRW is a nongovernmental advocacy group that seeks to expose offenders of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was (UNDR) adopted by…

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This day in black history: Civil Rights Act signed into law

On May 6, 1960, President D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act in an effort to address the discriminatory laws and practices within the segregated south that deprived African Americans the right to register and vote.  The Civil Rights Act of 1960, established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and provided penalties for…

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Women’s rights activist: Waris Dirie

The daughter of Somalian nomads, Waris Dirie fled her country at the age of 13 to escape an arranged marriage with a 60-year-old man and moved to London.While in London, she was spotted in the street by a photographer and  began her career as an international model. Waris was circumcised…

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Civil rights pioneer: Daisy Bates‏

Daisy Bates was a pivotal civil rights activist and the guide, mentor, and advisor for the Little Rock Nine.  She was also the president of the state of Arkansas’s NAACP branch and helped her husband run a weekly newspaper, the Arkansas State Press, which chronicled the ongoing battle for civil rights…

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