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Civil rights veteran Reverand CT Vivian dies aged 95

Vivian boldly challenged a segregationist sheriff while trying to register Black voters in the late 40s and 50s in Selma, Alabama, where hundreds, then thousands, later marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Oscars board elects 'Selma' director as diversity increases

DuVernay's election comes well after the #OscarsSoWhite movement was launched in January 2015 in response to the Academy picking an all-white slate of nominees — the same year "Selma" was in contention.

The role of Black Muslims in the American civil rights movement

From Malcolm X to Keith Ellison, Black Muslims have played an important role in the fight for the wider community's rights.