NAACP Backs Same-Sex Marriage As Civil Right
The NAACP has passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."
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The NAACP has passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."
Dozens of rallies are planned across the state to mark the one month anniversary of the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin. At the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Gardens, where Martin and his mother were members of the congregation, hundreds gathered early in the morning hours to board buses or cars which would take them to the Sanford rally.
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) - Claude Pepper, the South Florida congressman known as a champion for the rights of the elderly, was named Monday by Governor Scott to the new Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame. He joined two others honored for their efforts to champion Human Rights in Florida.
We often forget the meaning of certain days, the meaning that turned them into holidays.
When it comes to teaching about the civil rights movement, South Florida teachers along with their fellow teachers across state have made the grade.
A years-long investigation into the Miami-Dade Corrections Department claims to have uncovered a "pattern and practice of constitutional violations" in jail operations, with prisoners suffering "grievous harm, including death" as a result of the unconstitutional operation.
The Florida clemency board and Governor Rick Scott approved changes to the rules governing nonviolent offenders that will now prevent them from automatically getting their civil rights restored after serving their prison sentence.
