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...
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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...
Hurley C. Goodall, Former State Representative and Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 93
Legislator Hurley Goodall, one of Municie, Indiana's first Black firefighters and school board members, has died at the age of 93....
Attorney Benjamin Crump: ‘I’m an Unapologetic Defender of Black Life, Black Liberty, and Black Humanity’
Attorney Benjamin Crump sat down with senior contributor Ted Koppel for an interview for "CBS Sunday Morning" that is scheduled to air on May 16....
Black Leaders Remember The March On Washington On Its 57th Anniversary With Virtual Events
Politicians and public figures within the Black community have expressed the importance of the moment and in light of recent events. Now, they have come...
Congressman John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon Who Transformed A Nation, Passes Away At 80
Civil rights legend John Lewis continued to fight pancreatic cancer while seeking to change America up until his death at the age of 80...
5 Ways Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, ‘Dean of the Civil Rights Movement,’ Changed Black History
The civil rights leader leaves behind a legacy of activism that helped advanced equality for African Americans...