Civil Rights & Social Justice - Page 2
Dr. Martin Luther King was fighting for the rights of Black sanitation workers in Memphis before his tragic death on April 4, 1968.
What Trump and so many of his supporters and conservatives refuse to accept is that Black people can’t be racist, nor can “reverse discrimination” exist in America.
In this op-ed, Stephen A. Crockett Jr. writes that ICE has become a roaming tribunal that decides who gets to stay and who disappears.
In the first episode of 'The Le[e]gal Brief,' civil rights attorney Lee Merritt gives an overview of officer-involved shootings and the laws surrounding them.
Keith Porter Jr. was killed by an off-duty ICE agenton New Year’s Eve at his apartment complex in the Los Angeles area.
Renee Nicole Good wasn’t a rioter, nor a terrorist, and she didn’t run anyone over. She was a mother of three, a poet, and didn’t deserve to die.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an apparent protest against the ICE crackdown.
Memphis authorities issued an arrest warrant for Derrick McDonald, who exposed the conditions of the 201 Poplar jail with his cellphone.
PREA is a federal law that mandates safety, dignity, and accountability for incarcerated people, but its enforcement is being quietly rolled back.
The Education Department has closed several civil rights offices, leaving many Black students with no recourse when dealing with systemic racism.
Maryland has the highest population of Black people of any state outside the South. Reparations have been a priority for the Legislative Black Caucus.
Our subordination has never equated to the severing of melodies linking us beyond time, borders, and language.