Anti-Reagan cartoons and a jacket from Cesar Chavez: inside the UAW archive As the United Autoworkers strike continues, the collection tells the story of organizing – and how little has changed The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 2023
Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights era My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. The Conversation · Sep 29, 2023
Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Three officers placed on leave after Louisiana police abuse allegations The FBI is investigating alleged civil rights violations at Baton Rouge’s unmarked ‘Brave Cave’ torture warehouse The Guardian - US · Sep 28, 2023
Ron DeSantis wants to use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against prosecutors He previously condemned the ‘weaponisation’ of federal law enforcement against political opponents The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
DeSantis Says He Would Use Justice Department To Bring Civil Rights Cases Against 'Soros-Funded Prosecutors' DeSantis has already removed two reform prosecutors from office in Florida. A federal judge ruled he violated the First Amendment in one of those cases. Reason · Sep 28, 2023
‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: what a caste discrimination ban means for Americans State bill would address trauma by amending housing, labor and education codes to prohibit discrimination, leaders say The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2023
Trump and his sons lash out at New York attorney general after stunning fraud ruling ‘My civil rights have been violated,’ Trump says on Truth Social The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023
Judge refuses to immediately block grant program for Black women entrepreneurs A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a venture capital firm to continue offering a grant program only to Black women entrepreneurs The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023
A black student’s family sues Texas' governor and AG over his suspension for his hairstyle The family of a Black high school student in Texas has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over being suspended by his school district for his hairstyle The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023
FBI investigates alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police building called the 'Brave Cave' The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, La., assaulted drug suspects they detained in the obscure warehouse. WEKU · Sep 23, 2023
FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave' The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into claims in recent lawsuits that Baton Rouge police assaulted and strip-searched drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.” The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023
Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82 Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023
Federal judge sets May trial date for 5 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols beating A judge has set a May trial date for five former Memphis police officers who have pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
Texas Observer · Sep 19, 2023 Moonlighting Texas Prosecutor Sued Ralph Petty worked part-time for Midland district judges while simultaneously prosecuting Clinton Young, who has now filed a lawsuit.
WEKU · Sep 19, 2023 Restoring the Voting Rights Act is still on this Alabama Democrat's agenda Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023 Lawsuit by Islamic rights group says US terror watchlist woes continue even after names are removed A lawsuit filed by an Islamic civil rights group challenges the constitutionality of the government's terror watchlist and says Muslims face negative repercussions even after they are able to clear their name off the list
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2023 Johnson unveils city reforms to fight environmental racism “In the greatest city in the world, no neighborhood should have to suffer the burdens of pollution more so than any other neighborhood,” the mayor said.
The Times of India · Sep 18, 2023 Vivek Ramaswamy likens 'wokeness' to quasi-religion in US Indian-American entrepreneur and Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has emphasized his commitment to enforcing civil rights laws in the United States during an address at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Town Hall.
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson urges Americans to confront ‘uncomfortable’ history of racist violence Her address in Alabama commemorates a white supremacist attack that galvanised the civil rights movement
WEKU · Sep 15, 2023 Google Doodle honors Guatemalan-American labor activist Luisa Moreno For the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, labor organizer Luisa Moreno, who founded one of the first Latino civil rights assemblies in the U.S., inspired Friday's Google Doodle.
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023 Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls Alabama is marking the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts during the Civil Rights Movement, the 1963 bombing of a church that killed four Black girls in 1963
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023 5th former Memphis officer pleads not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols' death A fifth former Memphis police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop
WEKU · Sep 14, 2023 Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023 4 former officers plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols beating Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop nine months ago