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May 11, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber, who led the state NAACP in blocking North Carolina's attempts to limit…
April 12, 2017
There are critical lessons this generation’s marchers must be mindful of in order to generate a truly resistant and transformative…
April 4, 2017
It was 49 years ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on a balcony at
April 4, 2017
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, now is time as any to ask how the civil rights…
March 28, 2017
Campaign Zero launched online tool, Our States, to identify laws that would threaten civil rights being considered on a state-by-state…
March 2, 2017
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, who has been the U.S. Attorney General for only a few weeks, may find himself out of…
January 16, 2017
Today we celebrate what would have been the 89th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,. a man who is considered by
January 11, 2017
Evelyn Turner, who is eighty years old, absolutely cannot stand Jeff Sessions.
January 3, 2017
As the first person of color to capture the White House in the 240-year history of the United States of…
December 14, 2016
Viola Desmond, a black Canadian businesswoman who fought against segregation in Canada, made history as the first woman to be…
November 18, 2016
Appointing Jeff Sessions to the position of attorney general is like hiring an arsonist for fire chief.
October 25, 2016
Judy Hand-Truit was a young white teen in Birmingham, Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the…
October 21, 2016
Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther, says that she doesn't know "what Black Lives Matter does."
October 6, 2016
Ava DuVernay's "13th," which premieres on Netflix Oct. 7, is a historical masterpiece that explores the 13th Amendment's "original sin."
February 23, 2016
Meet Melody, the newest historical American Girl doll.
February 21, 2016
Any doubts about Bernie Sanders' involvement in the civil rights movement have now been put to rest.
February 12, 2016
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday dismissed Sanders' claims of his 1960s work on…
December 23, 2015
Recently, Alabama closed around 30 of its DMV locations that offered drivers license services, and the announcement caused ripples of…
December 9, 2015
Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in yet another racial affirmative action case involving college admissions...
October 10, 2015
Friday, the sister-in-law of civil rights legend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was punched in the face outside of her…