Posts in category Civil Rights

HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS END SIT-IN PROTEST WASHINGTON (AP) – The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school …

Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., American perceptions of progress toward racial equality remain largely divided. PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY.COM By …

INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS ICON:Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, dead at 81. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIOGRAPHY.COM By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG – Even the name given to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela …

DETROIT BRANCH NAACP REMEMBERS WINNIE MANDELA Detroit, MI – Detroit Branch President Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony issued this statement in regard to the recent death …

Martin Luther King Jr. STOCK PHOTO FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – April 4, marks fifty years since the assassination of Martin Luther King and the Roots …

A JOYFUL NOISE:The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination will be commemorated on April 4 at the Athalie Range Park in Liberty City. PHOTOS …

PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA SURVIVOR OF SCHOOL SHOOTING TO USE ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ MIAMI – One of the students who survived last month’s …

Alicia Garza, co-creator of Black Lives Matter, helped develop Black Futures Lab which will survey 200,000 Black people across 20 States in the largest survey …

Democratic U.S. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By RUSSELL CONTRERAS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Barriers to equality pose threats to democracy …

Black delegates from several states parade with signs in front of the White House to protest the mob slaying of four negroes. PHOTO COURTESY OF …