The parents of the Black teen found dead near a Mississippi island after his friends returned from a Fourth of July boat trip without him are calling for…
Read more Parents Of Black Teen Found Dead In Mississippi Water Want AnswersThe fallout over the opposition by a handful of San Francisco Giants players against the team’s Pride Night celebrations has prompted an investigation of Major League Baseball by…
Read more San Francisco Giants Pride Night controversy prompts Trump administration investigation of MLBThe family of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield served notice Monday to the city of Aurora that they intend to file a lawsuit in connection with the August shooting death of…
Read more Family of Black man killed by Aurora police intends to sue the cityFlags will fly at half-staff this week in Denver in honor of a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who died last week, Mayor Mike Johnston announced Sunday.…
Read more Why are flags flying at half-staff in Denver this week?CHICAGO — From jokes about his well-known stubbornness to tears grieving the loss of a parent, the adult children of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. gave an…
Read more The children of late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson honor his legacy a day after his deathThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who died Tuesday at 84, had deep Charlotte and North Carolina ties. Jackson often passed through the Queen City for…
Read more Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, had rich Charlotte historyJennifer Jones was sitting in Montrose Municipal Court in early January when she noticed something that didn’t seem right. She witnessed a man in his 60s with multiple…
Read more A Colorado court sends poor people to jail without access to lawyers, advocates say. It doesn’t record the proceedings.On Feb. 19, the Conservation Fund is teaming up with the Washington Association of Black Journalists for an event called “Protecting Legacy Places: A Black History Month Conversation.”…
Read more What’s being done to preserve Black history in the DC area – WTOP NewsThere are just 16 Flock Safety cameras in Thornton. But those electronic eyes, mounted to poles at intersections throughout this city of nearly 150,000, brought out dozens of…
Read more Pushback against Flock cameras comes to Denver suburb — the latest Colorado city to enter debateColorado will pay $245,000 to a Muslim man who was forced to shave his beard in prison in violation of his religious beliefs, court records show. Tajuddin Ashaheed…
Read more Colorado to pay $245,000 to Muslim man forced to shave beard in prisonFORT MYERS, Fla. — Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as a federal…
Read more Detainees to testify about legal access at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’OMAHA HAS A NEW ADDITION TO THE 100 CLUB. SARAH ROUNTREE CELEBRATED A CENTURY OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM TODAY. NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S IZZY JUUL WAS AT SARAH’S BIRTHDAY PARTY…
Read more Civil rights activist celebrates 100th birthdayCivil rights photographer and artist Gordon Parks’ legacy continues to expand today, even as the 20th anniversary of his death arrives on March 7. However, the Gordon Parks…
Read more How artist Gordon Parks’ foundation keeps his legacy growing, even as it searches for new fundingPARIS — French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start of…
Read more French lawmakers approve bill banning social media for children under 15PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start…
Read more French Lawmakers Approve Bill Banning Social Media for Children Under 15WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting over the weekend of a Minneapolis man has prompted calls for a thorough independent investigation into the second death at the hands…
Read more What We Know About the Investigations Into the Minneapolis Shooting Death of Alex PrettiBOHEMIA, N.Y. — A New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to…
Read more School violated civil rights law in ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ name change, US saysOne of the best ways to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday morning is by boarding Caltrain’s MLK Celebration Train. The train takes off from San Jose…
Read more Events across Bay Area celebrate MLK Day through service, actionATLANTA (AP) — Against a backdrop of political division and upheaval, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said the holiday honoring her father’s legacy comes as “somewhat…
Read more Why Bernice King Sees MLK Day as a ‘Saving Grace’ in Today’s Political ClimateThe American Civil Liberties Union is filing a new class action lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of three Minnesotans – two Somali men and one Latino…
Read more ACLU of Minnesota to file class action suit for constitutional rights violations by federal agents
