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January 30, 2017

Alabama: Civil Rights Leaders in Court After Jeff Sessions Protest
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In Alabama, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and five other civil
rights leaders are due in court today, where they'll face misdemeanor
charges stemming from their sit-in protest January 4 inside the office
of Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions. The six are demanding
Sessions withdraw his name from consideration for attorney general due
to his opposition to the Voting Rights Act and history of making racist
comments. After today's hearing, the six leaders are scheduled to join a
rally outside Sessions's office in Mobile, where they say they might
participate in another direct action.


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