Posts in category Civil Rights

By ISHEKAN.HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com Ever since she was a little girl who would line up her dolls and play school with them, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has …

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is being designated a national historic …

By VIVIAN SALAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration designated three new national monuments (last) Thursday honoring civil rights history as it commemorated Martin …

By CALIBE THOMPSON John Lewis is a living legend. A civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King in peaceful protest for civil rights, …

By SHARON COHEN and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press CHICAGO – He entered the White House a living symbol, breaking a color line that stood for …

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press Of the many events marking the closing year of Barack Obama’s time as the nation’s first black president, none …

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It became clear to Javier Benavidez that Donald Trump would win the presidency …

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON – A Donald Trump administration could radically reshape the Justice Department, particularly civil rights efforts that became one of …

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio – In Ohio’s decade – old voting lawsuit, federal appeals Judge Damon Keith said he was ” …

Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Tom Hayden was long past his heyday of political rebellion and the Chicago 7 trial when he died on …