Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the civil rights of African Americans to share public spaces, attend schools, and vote.

When newspapers and television stations are censored they are denied their civil rights of freedom of speech, press, and assembly.

Rosa Parks is seen as an iconic symbol of civil rights because she refused to be discriminated against for the color of her skin.

Students in London were denied their civil rights to freedom of religion when they were ordered to remove their headscarves and Star of David necklaces.

Last year’s Woman’s March in Washington, D.C., centered on the denial of women’s basic civil rights for equal job opportunities and gender discrimination.