Lawmakers and other supporters of these laws draw parallels with the civil rights battles of the early 60s in Alabama.
But it is in the literary world where some of the most serious rights battles have erupted.
It inspired her to support civil rights battles in America, she said.
"Our history of civil rights battles strives to reinclude these people."
He benefited from all the civil rights battles, but now he says we don't need that any more.
A major civil rights battle is ahead for the Senate sometime this fall.
South Africa's debate over virginity testing was not unlike women's rights battles elsewhere.
It was as if we had won our civil rights battle.
Americans of all races and persuasions have a right to a fair system for settling even the most vexing civil rights battles.