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CPS official to speak Sunday at Third Unitarian Church

By AustinTalks | January 11, 2018

Randel Josserand, the chief of schools in the Austin and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods, will talk at 10 a.m. Jan. 14, followed at 11 a.m. by Brenetta Howell Barrett, who will discuss the lessons she learned from the civil rights movement.

1963 Voting Rights Act

The right to vote takes center stage at Austin Town Hall

By Terry Dean | March 15, 2016

West Side residents recall how long and hard African-Americans battled for their rights at the polling place and urged others to keep up the fight.

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