South Carolina Agrees to New Redistricting Maps Following Civil Rights Legal Challenge
South Carolina passes new maps to adjust district lines in historically significant areas for Black voters....
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Gloria Travis Tanner, First Black Woman To Serve in Colorado Senate, Dies At 86
Gloria Travis Tanner, first Black woman to serve in the Colorado Senate, died Monday at age 86....
Opal Lee, The ‘Grandmother Of Juneteenth’ Nominated For 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
The Forth Worth native, affectionately named the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' has now been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize....
Civil Rights Attorney Leads Rally After Black Teen Detained After N.J. Mall Fight
A fight between two New Jersey teens at the Bridgewater Commons mall last month has raised a civil rights issue concerning unfair police treatment. ...
‘McDonogh Three’ Marker Honors Trailblazers and Ruby Bridges For Integrating Louisiana Public Schools
A marker was established in New Orleans Tuesday that recognizes the "McDonogh Three," the students who integrated New Orleans schools in 1960....
Montgomery Civil Rights Activist Lucille Times Who Got Into Fistfight With a Bus Driver, Dies at 100
Lucille Times was a tough cookie. The feisty Montgomery civil rights activist got into a fistfight with the same bus driver Rosa Parks defied six...
Civil Rights Activist and Education Advocate Robert Moses Dies at 86
Civil rights activist and leader Robert "Bob" Moses, who championed Black voting rights, has died at the age of 86...
Facebook Civil Rights V.P. Roy L. Austin Speaks Out About Audit and Progress on the Platform
Roy L. Austin, Jr., a nationally renowned civil rights attorney, opens up about running Facebook’s newly created civil rights division....
Biden Nominates Four Atlanta Scholars to Join The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board
Back in 2015, Emory University professor Hank Klibanoff got firsthand experience with how hard it has been to get information on civil rights cold cases....
U.S. Supreme Court Punts Case That Could Hold Municipalities Liable For Civil Rights Violations Committed By Police
The U.S. Supreme Court declined hear a case over whether to make it easier to hold municipalities liable for civil rights violations committed by police...