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Chris Brown’s Twitter is always in the spotlight, and it’s usually because of controversial statements made by the singer.
But this week, he tweeted in support of gay rights to a campaign in Africa.

A human rights group is calling on Dunkin’ Donuts to remove an ad that they say is offensive.
The ad, currently running in Thailand, features a woman covered in black with only her lips colored pink, similar to that of the popular Minstrel Show images of early 20th century America.

The NAACP says it plans to turn over a petition with over a million signatures, calling on the Justice Department to prosecute George Zimmerman for violating Trayvon Martin’s civil rights .

In a recent interview, Rep. Charlie Rangel spoke at length about the Tea Party, comparing them to “white crackers” who opposed civil rights in the Jim Crow South: “They didn’t care about how they looked. It was just fierce indifference to human life that caused America to say enough is enough.”

Inalienable civil rights might actually still be a concept, if Attorney General Holder has anything to do with it. In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder I was not convinced. If you aren’t familiar with the case, this major decision essentially gutted the Voting Rights Act, rendering section 5 […]

On his radio with Tavis Smiley, Cornel West praised the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down DOMA, but also lamented its gutting of the Voting Rights Act. According to West, the black community is suffering from waning visibility

Republicans in states across the south wasted no time taking advantage of the Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act yesterday. The ruling freed 15 historically racist states from needing federal approval before changing election procedures.

A key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has been struck down by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision. The justices have invalidated the requirement that certain states get federal approval before make changes to their voting policies.

Civil rights activist and ex-black nationalist Chokwe Lumumba has been elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.

Virginia’s Republican Governor Bob McDonnell raised eyebrows recently, announcing that he will do the right thing and make it easier for non-violent offenders to have their voting rights reinstated.

Young people from Birmingham, AL that took part in Dr. King’s Children’s March in 1963 were denied their proms in their home city. Now fifty year later, an event has been organized to give those students the prom they never had.

Civil Rights leaders are speaking out against the hanging of a confederate flag inside of the Old North Carolina Capitol building. The state’s intent is to replicate the building’s antebellum appearance. But is that a valid excuse?