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15 Jun 2022

US State Department launches Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative

The US Department of State on Tuesday (local time) launched Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative. The two great luminaries Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Martin Luther King, Jr were patrons of civil rights and social justice. In January 2023, the Indian and US participants will reconvene in India to visit important sites, communities, and organizations.

Mississippi Burning

20 Jun 2016

`Mississippi Burning` murder case closes after 52 years

The investigation into the infamous murder of three young activists which became known as the "Mississippi Burning" civil rights case has finally closed after 52 years, the US state`s attorney general said Monday.

13 May 2016

Barack Obama issues school rules on transgender bathroom access

The move triggered an immediate backlash from some conservatives, with a top Texas official refusing to comply with what he called Obama`s "blackmail."

27 Oct 2015

American killed in Palestinian attack was peace activist

An American educator who marched for civil rights in the 1960s and advocated coexistence between Muslims and Jews when he moved to Israel has died after succumbing to wounds sustained in a Palestinian attack on a bus in Jerusalem two weeks ago.

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