equality

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

REPORT: Higher Education System Perpetuates White Privilege

Apply for the YOU Belong: LGBTQA Youth Sports and Leadership Initiative!

Supreme Court Throws Out Ruling Blocking Texas Voter ID Law

BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled at Capitol

9 Year-Old Activist Asean Johnson Continues Fight Against Chicago School Closings

CPS: High School Graduation Rate in Chicago Hits Record High

North Carolina Protests Continue Against Republican Agenda to Disenfranchise Black Voters

Change

Jason Collins on Coming Out: “I’m the happiest that I’ve ever been in my life”

NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out: “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.”

Wisconsin Incarcerates More of Its Black Male Population Than Any Other State

Class-Action Suit Challenges California’s Race-Based Prison Segregation Policy

Almost All Full-Time Working Women Are Paid Less Than Male Counterparts

Two Men Tie the Knot in What is Being Called “First Traditional African Gay Wedding”

A$AP Rocky Addresses Homophobia in Hip Hop: “It’s Crazy that This is Still an Issue”

Supreme Court Will Hear a Second Affirmative Action Case

Oral Arguments Begin in Prop 8 Supreme Court Case

Oberlin College Cancels Classes for ‘Day of Solidarity’ After Multiple Incidents of Hate on Campus

Obama to File Brief Urging Supreme Court to Strike Down Proposition 8

REPORT: Black Women Hit HARDEST By Gender Wage Gap

Pentagon Lifts Ban on Female Service Members in Combat

Pastor Withdraws From Inaugural Ceremony Over Anti-Gay Remarks

Civil Rights Leaders Unveil BLACK AGENDA for Obama’s Second Term

Joe Biden: Transgender Equality is the ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’

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Black Clergy Members Protest Gay Marriage at NAACP Convention

NC Republicans Override Racial-Bias Death-Row Vetoe

TItle IX Celebrates 40 Years, but Black Women and Girls Benefit Less

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