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On Tuesday, more than 500 workers and allies will join a culminating rally at Lafayette Park in New Orleans to demand an end to ICE raids terrorizing cities and communities and the release of people ...
New Trump administration policies threaten Emmett Till monuments and memorial sites, raising concerns about historical memory and civil rights preservation.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Elder Matthew S. Holland speak at pastor emeritus service at the Third Baptist Church in San ...
Political activism and preaching the word of God were an inescapable fate for Reverend Amos Brown, but his destiny was sealed ...
Young John Lewis” uses gospel, soul and hip-hop to shape the story of a man who inspired millions throughout his Civil Rights career.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris defended the "overwhelmingly peaceful" protesters in her home state of California while criticizing President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops as ...
Thousands are marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder at religious services, concerts and vigils nationwide.
Brownmiller was also faulted for writing that rape was an assertion of power that helped all men and was strongly criticized for a chapter titled "A Question of Race," in which she revisited the 1955 ...
In such a climate, anyone who wanted to believe Emmett Till’s murder was fabricated could easily find a "news" source to support whatever alternative facts they preferred to believe. As summer ...
Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie, cries over her son’s casket at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, September 6, 1955. Patton was white and Black. He was Mississippi—one part of himself at war ...
In the heart of America's persistent struggle for racial justice, we pause to honor the life and legacy of Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old boy whose brutal murder on Aug. 28, 1955, in Money ...
The Rev. Wheeler Parker was a teenager when Till, his cousin, was murdered at age 14. In our interview, he discusses faith, resiliency, apathy — and what he talked about with President Biden.