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Today is the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama that took the lives of four girls. Kim

The success, 50 years ago, of the March on Washington, owed much to American labor unions. But, as Michael Kazin wrote recently:

Dean Gary Hall of Washington National Cathedral took part in the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Saturday, and then

With fellow founding partners James E. Ferguson II and Adam Stein, along with lawyers from LDF, the firm successfully litigated a number of key cases before the Supreme Court of the United States that would help to shape evolving American civil rights laws, including: the school busing decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971); and two important Title VII employment discrimination cases Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971) and Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody (1975). The firm’s efforts were met several times with violence from white supremacists.

Civil rights activist Jonathan Myrick Daniels died in 1965 saving the life of a teenage girl, Ruby Sales, who will participate in this year’s Aug. 10 pilgrimage honoring Daniels and others killed during the civil rights movement. Gloria Larry House who was with Daniels will also participate.

Retired Bishop Gene Robinson writes in the Washington Post about Chris Matthews’ compelling efforts to understand for himself – and advance the understanding of others