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Civil Rights

Closings July 23, 2014

A Miami Diner That Stands As a Civil-Rights Pioneer Will Close Today“I can’t tell you how uncomfortable they were serving black people.”

By Clint Rainey
Complaints Oct. 22, 2013

Ex-Employee Accuses Hooters of Racial DiscriminationFarryn Johnson says her hair coloring landed her in trouble.

By Belle Cushing

History Jan. 16, 2012

Chicago’s Forgotten Role in the Lunch Counter Sit-In MovementOn Martin Luther King Jr. day, remembering a little-known site of a civil rights protest.

By Michael Gebert