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Example sentences for: civil-rights

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He conducted the longest filibuster in Senate history in a vain attempt to stop a civil-rights bill (one of many civil-rights laws he opposed).
But should we really expect the minority share of enrollments not just to keep growing but to keep growing at its initial pace ? Even in the best of all possible civil-rights environments, the rate of increase would have to slow down sometime, wouldn't it, as minority admissions approached a fair, non-discriminatory level?
Cut off from the political mainstream, some civil-rights leaders and grassroots supporters have embraced separatist politicians and positions.
It was the last and longest fast for the 61-year-old civil-rights activist.
Clinton's threat to make a recess appointment of Bill Lann Lee as the head of the Justice Department's civil-rights division and the indictment of Henry Cisneros dueled for the Issue 3 slot.