Civil Rights & Social Justice
Anthony Gray is suing the city of Radcliff, Kentucky after its police officers allegedly ran over his lower leg with a patrol car last September at the Gold Vault Inn.
GOP legislators overwhelmingly voted against the federal courthouse in Tallahassee after Judge Joseph Hatchett, the first Black judge since reconstruction to win a contested statewide race in Florida, defending his seat on the Florida Supreme Court.
By interweaving narrative spotlights called “Tale From the Trenches” sharing individual experiences and reflections, the report provides expansive rarely explored in conversations of safety or visibility.
The Texas Association of School Boards agreed to resolve a lawsuit by paying $90,000 to a Black Houston area student who said she was harassed and bullied by her teachers for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
A simple yet powerful message, the picture of Cheadle, has surfaced from time to time.
Jajuan R. Henderson was getting iced tea from a car parked right outside his home in Trenton, New Jersey when plainclothes officers approached him and shouted at him. One officer smashed the driver's side window and Henderson was shot four times, which resulted in him being paralyzed from the chest down.
Her life mattered not just because she helped spark the nation's consciousness but because Breonna deserved to live her life to the fullest.
Several past instances of racist banking practices against Black and brown customers and employees alike cost Bank of America hundreds of millions of dollars in fines well before the Ryan Coogler fiasco.
"This is the gold standard of how everyone should be treated," Gassama said. "So, we're putting into question why Black migrants, in particular, are not allotted the same level of empathy and humanity."
"Emmett Till," the opera, was written by Clare Coss, a white woman who based it off her play that stars a fictional white woman who has nothing to do with the true story. What could possibly go wrong?
Now-former Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto was fired after department employees complained he committed equal opportunity violations after saying a wall of police chief photos was "'too white’ and ‘I’m gonna change that.’"
Harris reaffirmed the administration's commitment to full securing the right to vote and protecting access to democracy.