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Standing Up For Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement in America
From the fight to abolish slavery in the 1800s to the efforts to stop segregation in the 1900s, this program chronicles the civil rights movement in America. Students will learn about the courageous leaders of the Abolitionist Movement...
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The propaganda films of apartheid-era South Africa | The Listening Post (Feature)
In the 1970s and 80s, the apartheid government funded a little-known film scheme aimed at black South Africans.
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Chile wealth inequality fuelling protests
The Latin American country has the highest per capita income but also the highest inequality index.
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Tusk vows to tackle nationalists head on
This week Euronews reported from the West Bank and documented the impact of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories. Reporter Isabel Silva also spoke with Palestinian refugees - including a child - who have been arrested by...
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Liberals move to end solitary confinement for federal prisoners
The Liberal government has tabled legislation that it hopes will eliminate the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons.
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Dangers of solitary confinement
A Canadian family is dealing with the death of a relative who killed himself after months in segregation as changes promised by the Liberal government remain unfulfilled
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The re-segregation of Canadian public schools | ViewPoints
OPINION | Journalist Rachel Giese says public schools in Toronto are increasingly becoming separated by race and income.
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Old South: Battling Legacies of Racism and Segregation in the US | Witness
Divides in the historically segregated city of Athens, Georgia deepen when a Confederate-flag-flying fraternity arrives.
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Inclusive education starts with 'a human rights perspective,' says professor
Education professor Jacqueline Specht, who is director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education, outlines how schooling for students with special needs has changed over time.
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High schools across Nassau take part in summit focused on segregation, racism on LI
The student summit was organized by Erase Racism, an organization that deals with racial disparities in local housing and within Long Island schools.
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One Good Thing: Students Finally Get Graduation 70 Years Later
A university for deaf students in Washington, D.C. held a ceremony for two dozen students who over 70 years ago were forced to attend segregated schools and never received their diplomas.
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California considers slavery reparations for Black Americans
California is the first US state to begin a process to consider reparations for Black Americans.
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On Emancipation Day, a call for an apology, reparations
The federal government should apologize for slavery in Canada and make amends for the discrimination that followed abolition, says historian and educator Afua Cooper
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African students struggle to make it out of Ukraine
“There's been a lot of segregation and racism.” As hundreds of thousands of people flee Ukraine, African nationals are taking to social media to share their accounts of racial discrimination while trying to evacuate.
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John Lewis, civil rights icon and US congressman, dies aged 80
Lewis, called 'the conscience of US Congress', had announced in December he had advanced pancreatic cancer.
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Why many Americans don't know about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Damario Solomon-Simmons, a civil rights lawyer representing the last living survivor of the massacre in Tulsa, says Black history "has been eradicated from U.S. history.'"
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Hundreds of Iraqi women challenge al-Sadr's call for segregation
Shia leader's call for gender separation at anti-government rallies prompts hundreds of women to take to streets.
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Why a push to expand school voucher programs in the U.S. is raising concerns
Christopher Lubienski, an Indiana University professor of education policy, outlines several major concerns about the White House's push to expand state voucher programs for schooling.
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US Air force to revive lessons on black airmen
The US Air Force is reintroducing lessons on the history and contributions of Black airmen. This move aims to highlight their significant role and ensure greater recognition of diversity within the military.
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Street sign honours Halifax doctor
Dr. Alfred Waddell dedicated his life to helping people who had limited access to medical care, while also fighting racial injustice. As Gareth Hampshire reports, his family and those who knew him are proud he's being honoured.
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Racial segregation ends at University of Alabama
Racial segregation ends at University of Alabama
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JFK Speaks About Segregation at University of Alabama
/ President John F Kennedy giving a speech after the continued segregation of African American students from the University of Alabama / He concludes: 'The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, North and South,...
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Lester Maddox Voted as Governor by State Legislature
Representatives seated at the state legislature in Georgia preparing to settle the November election / man pulls paperwork out of a filing cabinet / CU vote counter on wall with lights against representative names / CU newly voted in...
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Integration in US Schools
African-American children and teenagers walking to school bus in rural area; black children boarding bus / African-American schoolchildren riding bus, singing and smiling; CU elderly white male bus driver / black kids sitting and...