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Civil Rights Quotes
Civil LibertiesCivil RightsGovernment PowerPatriot ActTerrorism This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
Civil RightsEqualityHistoryLegal RightsMarriage It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that the court struck down Louisiana's 'head and master rule,' that the husband was head and master of the house.
Civil RightsGender EqualityGovernment PolicyLegal HistoryWomen in Academia I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who was then head of the office for civil rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was enforcing the Nixon government contract program.