Civil Rights

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issues an apology for two men arrested for the Carol Stuart murder in 1989

January 8, 2024

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued an apology for two...

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Alabama Republicans refuse to do what the courts have ordered them to do, and they will not support voter equality

October 10, 2023

Republican Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a...

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Rev. Jackson, who will step down as head of the Rainbow Push Coalition, names his successor

July 17, 2023

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who is mostly confined...

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Judge rules against survivors of the Tulsa Massacre

July 11, 2023

An Oklahoma judge rejected demands for reparations resulting...

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Move to honor Emmett Till, his mother, and the funeral home where his body was held

July 11, 2023

Democratic Chicago Congressman Danny K. Davis, along with...

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The nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization is urging Black travelers to avoid Florida

May 23, 2023

Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a...

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White man sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Black Lives Matter protestor

May 16, 2023

A White man who killed a White Black...

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Emmitt Till’s accuser dies

May 2, 2023

Emmitt Till's accuser dies When Carolyn Bryant Donham...

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Tennessee’s Republican Senate expelled two Black lawmakers for addressing gun violence

April 10, 2023

Tennessee Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the...

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Alphonso David settles lawsuit against the Human Rights Campaign

March 27, 2023

Alphonso David, the first Black president of the...