Civil Rights

Kim Gardner

St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner: Racist interests try to force her out

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Byron Allen

Byron Allen arrives in Washington to take on Supreme Court

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Kamala Harris & Cory Booker

Kamala Harris and Cory Booker blast Comcast in $20B Byron Allen civil rights lawsuit

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Byron ALlen

NAACP blasts Comcast and DOJ for attacking civil rights protections for Black people

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Tommie Smith

Activist athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos to be inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump is killing net neutrality, so why aren’t more Black leaders speaking up?

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The first Black woman to integrate a southern medical school dies at 91

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New Orleans’ Leah Chase aka the ‘Queen of Creole Cuisine’ dead at 96

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Judge Damon Keith thegrio.com

Iconic civil rights champion and federal judge Damon Keith dead at age 96

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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer: On the 42nd anniversary of her death, see how this powerful women’s rights activist inspires a whole new generation

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David Webb (Fox News) thegrio.com

Civil rights lawyer apologizes after accusing Black Fox host of ‘White privilege’

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63 years ago, Rosa Parks took a seat at the forefront of history

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Emmett Till TheGrio

How Mississippi and Emmett Till shaped the March on Washington

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‘Justice and historic truth demand’ answers: 78-year-old civil rights murder case reopened

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Kamala Harris and John Lewis thegrio.com

Congressman John Lewis released from hospital after health scare

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Rosa Parks’ Detroit home and letter to MLK up for auction

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Elbert Howard thegrio.com AP

Black Panther Party co-founder Elbert “Big Man” Howard dies

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Sit-in

Decades after punishment for Alabama sit-in, former students get justice

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Lynching Memorial thegrio.com

5 reasons why you, me, and Kanye NEED to visit Alabama’s lynching memorial

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Bernice King thegrio.com

Bernice King discusses her father, his legacy in Memphis

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