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Why We’ll Always Need a Civil Rights Movement

The Front Lines

The civil rights movement is not some dusty antique—it’s alive and well today, and we need it as much as ever.

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When we hear the phrase “civil rights movement,” our minds automatically click into history mode and visualize those grainy and often searing black-and-white images from Birmingham and Selma.

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