All posts tagged "civil rights"
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Eric Holder Says ‘Bullies And Bigots’ Are Still A Problem 50 Years After King Death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) â Despite advances the country has made since the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. was slain while fighting poverty and racism, “the...
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Joy Reid ‘AM Joy’ Tops CNN Quarterly Ratings For The First Time
Once again Black Girl Magic is on display and this time on MSNBC anchor Joy Reid and her show AM Joy. The Wrap reports that Reid’s...
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Rosa Parks Home To Be Shown, After Trans-Atlantic Journey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) â The small, tired house with peeling white paint once served as a refuge for Rosa Parks in Detroit. It has traveled...
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Widow Of Orlando Nightclub Gunman Is Acquitted In Attack
Pulse nightclub, scene of a mass shooting, in Orlando, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) â The widow of the gunman who slaughtered 49 people...
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Usher, Common To Perform Lynching Memorial Opening Concert
Usher MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Concert for Peace and Justice with a lineup that includes Usher, Common, The Roots and Kirk Franklin has...
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Louisiana District Attorney To Meet With Alton Sterling’s Family
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) â Louisiana’s attorney general plans to meet Tuesday with relatives of Alton Sterling, who was shot and killed by a white...
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Watch: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.âs Granddaughter Delivers Powerful Speech At March For Our Lives
Nearly 55 years ago, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his revered âI Have a Dreamâ speech on the steps of the...
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Washington Teen Pulled From Bike By Officer Awarded $500k
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) â A Washington state teenager who was pulled from her bicycle in a mall parking lot four years ago and shocked with...
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NBC Doc Focuses On Images Of Civil Rights Movement
NEW YORK (AP) — Gruesome images of a lynched Emmett Till were seared into the minds of many black Americans in 1955 and helped lead...
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Facebook Privacy: How Black Activists Can Secure Their Private Data
News of Facebookâs lax security with usersâ personal data underscores the need for Black activists to be proactive in protecting their privacy on social media....
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Shades of COINTELPRO: Report Says Black Activists Are Being Watched
Two civil rights groups want an end to the surveillance of Black activists, including those associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as...
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Nationwide Student Walkouts Planned To Protest Gun Violence
From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high...
