civil rights

Tens of Thousands Gather in D.C. for 50th Anniversary March on Washington

Oprah on Jay Z-Belafonte Beef: ‘There Are Multiple Ways to Protest’

15-Year Old Anthony Stokes Denied Heart Transplant Because of Trouble w/ the Law

President Obama Will Speak at March on Washington Anniversary Ceremony

Negro League Players Honored by President Obama

Oprah Winfrey: Trayvon Martin Parallels Emmett Till

BEYOND JAY-Z / BELAFONTE BEEF TO ACTION: A Conversation Between Bakari Kitwana and Mark Anthony Neal

Charlie Rangel Says Tea Partiers are Like “White Crackers” Who Opposed Civil Rights

Is President Obama Considering Ray Kelly – Overseer of Stop and Frisk – for Homeland Security Position?

Supreme Court Throws Out Ruling Blocking Texas Voter ID Law

Republicans Have Already Begun to Take Advantage of Yesterday’s Gutting of Voting Rights Act

Where Is the Justice for Minority Students in the Public Education System?

Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

Civil Rights Activist Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

Number of Blacks in Elite Careers Hurt by Declining Racial Diversity Efforts

CPS: High School Graduation Rate in Chicago Hits Record High

North Carolina Protests Continue Against Republican Agenda to Disenfranchise Black Voters

WATCH: Trailer for Lee Daniel’s “The Butler,” Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey

Youth Civil Rights Activists Finally Get A Prom, Fifty Years Later

Emmett Till’s Family Dismiss Lil Wayne’s “Apology;” Call for Face-to-Face Meeting

FBI to Add Assata Shakur to Most Wanted Terrorist List; Double Reward for Her Capture

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Emmett Till’s Family Plan to Pressure Mountain Dew to End Endorsement Deal w/ Lil Wayne

New Documentary Explores Obama’s “Complicated” Relationship with Black Community

45 Years Ago Today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assassinated

Nelson Mandela Hospitalized for Lung Infection

NYPD Whistleblowers Say Stop and Frisk Abuse Was Propelled by Quota System; Called ‘Rats’ by Fellow Officers

15 Year-Old Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai is Back in School After Being Shot by Taliban

Officers Who Killed Kimani Gray Have Been Sued Multiple Times for Civil Rights Violations

‘White Student Union’ Members Defend Slavery and Segregation at CPAC

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