Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted The Independent UK · Jun 27
When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed in January 2026 by federal agents while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policy, have become household names. National media outlets continue to focus on their deaths and the circumstances around them. The Conversation · Feb 24
Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023