Civil Rights

*I was having a conversation last week with a local producer who was trying to put together a piece commemorating the 25th anniversary of...

*Tonight (04-24-17) the family members of Rodney King, Latasha Harlins and leading South L.A activists and groups will hold a prayer vigil and moment of...

*The first of four prominent Confederate monuments were taken down in New Orleans Monday morning, marking the latest Southern city to sever itself from...

*After CNN’s resident GOP supporter Jeffrey Lord was firebroiled Thursday by Democratic activist Symone Sanders for suggesting that President Trump is “the Martin Luther King...

*Both Rosa Parks and Dr. David Dao famously refused to give up their seats and were hauled away by force, but comparing the United...

*It has become a ritual with me. On the 10th, 20th, and now 25th anniversary of the L.A. riots, I do a press tour...

*U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may reopen the investigation into the brutal murder of Emmett Till. The news comes one week after he met...

*An abstract painting of Emmett Till currently featured in New York’s Whitney Museum of Art reimagines the searing image of the murdered teen disfigured...

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*Forest Whitaker has jumped onboard Codeblack Films’ untitled Angela Davis biopic as an executive producer, reports Variety. Lionsgate’s Codeblack in 2016 picked up the movie...

*New York, NY -- Ella Rucker knows what it is like to look out on a future without any wealth. "A ten percent raise on...

*A new study released Tuesday confirms that African Americans are far more likely to be wrongfully convicted of crimes such as murder, sexual assault and...

*As the parents of three sons, William, 16, Joshua, 15 and Christopher, 12, James and Frances Waters work tirelessly to provide their family with...

*San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The athlete doesn’t want his method...

*Google announced Thursday that its humanitarian arm, Google.org, has pledged a total of $11.5 million toward research and data analysis for organizations dedicated to achieving...