Marching to a new war; civil rights groups face a conservative challenge, public doubts and a fraying coalition. (includes related article on new NAACP chair Myrlie Evers-Williams) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: March 6, 1995| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1995 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Civil rights groups are again moving to the forefront, this time fighting conservative attempts to dismantle affirmative action and other minority rights won since the 1960s. The movement's focus will now be on proving that corrective measures do not cause a new kind of discrimination.

The image is seared into the American consciousness. On March 7, 1965, a dignified, unarmed column of civil rights marchers crossed an Alabama bridge, protesting for the right to vote. They were met with dogs and clubs, violence and arrests. Segregation triumphed that "bloody Sunday" in Selma, but it was ...

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