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Jill Biden and Al Sharpton pay tribute to civil rights activist Sybil Morial

First Lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during funeral services in New Orleans for civil rights activist Sybil Morial

The Independent UK

Missouri Civil Rights Leader Issues Last-Minute Demand to Spare Inmate From Execution: 'Incredible Miscarriage of Justice'

Over a half-million other people are advocating for the exoneration of Marcellus Williams, whom they believe is innocent.

International Business Times

Civil rights groups call on major corporations to stick with DEI programs

A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

The Independent UK

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Justice Department Investigates Mississippi Sheriff's Department For Civil Rights Violations

Justice Department investigates police brutality in Rankin County Sheriff's Department after violent attack on two Black men.

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Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men

The Independent UK

How Jesse Jackson’s populist fight for economic and racial justice resonates today

At the recent Democratic Party Convention in the United States, delegates roared their approval when civil rights leader Jesse Jackson was brought on stage to wave to delegates.

The Conversation

House Committees Investigate Antisemitism At Universities Receiving Federal Funds

House committees investigate antisemitism on college campuses and request information from HHS and universities receiving federal funds.

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Civil rights groups condemn senator’s questioning of Arab American witness

Republican John Kennedy of Louisiana accuses thinktank director of supporting Hamas in heated hate crime hearing

The Guardian - US

Would Environmental Justice in California Survive a Second Trump White House? Doubtful.

Activists question whether the state would protect communities of color if the EPA is stripped of its watchdog powers.

Capital & Main

Defense questions police practices as 3 ex-officers stand trial in Tyre Nichols' death

Defense attorneys have tried to poke holes in Memphis police training practices during the trial of three former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

The Independent UK

Southern Poverty Law Center workers vote to remove CEO after ‘inhumane’ layoffs

Staffers claim June mass layoffs at civil rights non-profit was a union-busting tactic that ‘destroyed lives’

The Guardian - US

Frederick Douglass Praises the "Courage" Of Justice John Marshall Harlan

“In these easy going days [Harlan] should find himself possessed of the courage to resist the temptation to go with the multitude”

Reason

Federal Trial Begins For Former Memphis Police Officers

Federal trial begins for former Memphis officers accused of civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, sparking calls for police reform.

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Opening statements are set in the trial of 3 ex-Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols

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Letter: Nell McCafferty obituary

Sharman Finlay writes: Nell McCafferty recalled taking part in the civil rights movement and that she had the smell of the riots of the night before in her hair the next day

The Independent UK

Jury selection enters day 2 in the trial of 3 Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

Jury selection has entered a second day in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols

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Trial Begins For Former Memphis Officers In Fatal Beating

Jury selection begins in the federal trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the civil rights violation case of Tyre Nichols, who died after a vi...

The Independent UK

Trial for 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death set to begin

Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the federal trial of three former Memphis officers charged with violating the civil rights of Tyre Nichols

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Latin Times

Eleven Texas officials call for federal investigation into election-related raids

The Democratic congress members urged the Justice Department to investigate AG Ken Paxton's raids targeting Latino campaign volunteers and community leaders

The Guardian - US

How the US supreme court’s affirmative action ruling unleashed anti-DEI cases

Activists against diversity, equity and inclusion feel the 6-3 conservative majority will aid workplace lawsuits

The Guardian - US

DoJ opens investigation into sexual abuse at California women’s prisons

Officials from civil rights division to investigate two prisons that have been plagued by allegations of ‘endemic’ abuse

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US Prosecutes Chinese Agents For Covert Influence Operations

The U.S. Department of Justice actively pursues cases against Chinese agents influencing American policies, raising civil rights concerns.

The Independent UK

Human rights body urges El Salvador to end state of emergency

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country’s powerful street gangs

The Independent UK

Civil rights activist Sybil Morial, wife of New Orleans' first Black mayor, dead at 91

Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial has died at age 91

Latin Times

LULAC requests DOJ to investigate home raids of Latino activists in Texas as a violation of civil rights

The homes Texas Latino campaign volunteers have been raided amid an election fraud investigation. The baseless accusations have caused fervor among activists.

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