Civil Rights & Social Justice
Occurring six years before the murder of 14-year-old Emmet Till in Mississippi, the men were accused of kidnapping and raping a young white woman at gunpoint when she was driving home from a dance with her husband. Collectively known as the Groveland Four, the men ranged in age from 16 to 26.
"The plant will be an additional source of air pollution in a community of color that already has one of the highest rates of asthma hospitalizations in the state."
Kevin Gough, the attorney representing William “Roddie” Bryan, one of the three white men accused of hunting down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, stood up in court and declared before a judge that “We don’t want any more Black pastors here," in response to Al Sharpton being allowed to sit with Arbery's family.
Texas Republican state Rep. Matt Krause has compiled a list of 850 books he has identified as materials that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex," and requested that school districts report possessing any books from the list.
Rev. Jesse Jackson is recovering after taking a spill and cutting his head while meeting with student protesters at Howard University on Monday, according to his daughter.
Johnny Lorenzo Bolton was fatally shot in an apartment in Smyrna, Ga., by a deputy who was part of a team that was serving a drug warrant on December 17, 2020. A grand jury determined the shooting to be unjustified and has recommended the officer to be charged.
In Bradenton, Florida, U.S. Marshals arrived with guns drawn at the home of Kada Staples and her three-month-old during a raid conducted by the cops who were reportedly searching for a murder suspect—at the wrong apartment.
The citizen's arrest law that Ahmaud Arbery's accused killers used in an attempt to justify their deadly violence could play an outsized role in their murder trial.
Over seven years after his killing, police and city officials may finally be held accountable for Garner's death. Advocates, including Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, have been undeterred in demand for accountability in the years since Garner was taken away from his family and community.
A right-wing parents group has sued a school district in suburban Boston alleging white students there are having their civil rights violated because "a policy of segregating students by race" that favors minorities has been adopted.
Brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and the Nu Epsilon chapter at Alabama A&M University, an HBCU where Jelani Day attended, launched a petition to demand the FBI investigate the Black man's suspicious death in Illinois.
Bill Cosby is speaking out after yet another accuser came forward this week and filed an "unconstitutional" lawsuit against the disgraced comedian claiming he drugged and raped her decades ago in New Jersey more than 30 years ago.