Civil Rights
Recy Taylor, an activist who fought for justice and civil rights after she was brutally raped in 1944, passed away at the age of 97 Thursday.
Simeon Booker, who courageously reported on the Civil Rights struggle and was a role model for Black journalists, died at the age of 99.
Rep. John Lewis was brought to tears while visiting an exhibit centered on sit-ins at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights.
Civil rights leaders met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss their concerns about the DOJ's direction.
Cartoonist Glenn McCoy who caught heat Tuesday for depicting U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as Ruby Bridges -- the African-American girl in Norman Rockwell's southern school desegregation painting "The Problem We All Live With" -- explained his controversial decision Wednesday.
A civil rights committee and two law firms filed a lawsuit Monday seeking more voting rights for Black residents, who attorneys said are "prevented from electing candidates who represent their needs" in rural areas.
Civil rights activists fear the outcome of a DOJ probe into Freddie Gray’s case under the Trump administration.
He says Rep. Lewis should “spend more time on fixing and helping his district.”
President Barack Obama formally established the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, Freedom Riders National Monument and the Reconstruction Era National Monument Thursday.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the suburb of Eastpointe, Michigan alleging that the city has kept Black residents from having an equal opportunity to elect city council members of their choice.
A group of Black pastors has come out in support of Jeff Sessions, Roland Martin asks for proof of his record.
Senator Jeff Sessions alleges he was a proponent of desegregation, but upon review of Alabama's legal database, no proof was found.