Interior Department nominates Civil Rights Movement sites for World Heritage list

Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday that the National Park Service will potentially nominate 11 different sites from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to be added to the World Heritage list.

“The U.S. sites that mark the civil rights movement are integral in helping us tell a full and complete story of American history,” Haaland said in a statement. “A nomination of these sites to the World Heritage list would further recognize the pain, redemption and healing associated...