Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Obama Adds Alabama Civil Rights Area to Park Service

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President Barack Obama signed an order Thursday designating an historic civil rights district in Alabama as a national monument, placing several blocks of a city once rocked by racial violence on par with landmarks including the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service will now have oversight of a downtown section of Birmingham, Alabama — a focal point of civil rights struggles in 1963 against harsh enforcement of laws mandating racial segregation. Obama, who leaves office next week...

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