What began as a solitary peaceful protest for voter registration became one of the South’s most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. Leaders like Martin...
By Tamara Shiloh It was June 5, 1966. James Howard Meredith (born 1933), on a mission to encourage Black voter registration and defy entrenched racism in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…I still get chills when I walk inside the Eddie L. Smith Multipurpose Building on North Memphis Street. As one of his final...
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Federal authorities announced Friday that a man has been charged with civil rights crimes for placing a noose...
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Federal authorities announced Friday that a man has been charged with civil rights crimes for placing a noose...
Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger via USA TODDAY JACKSON, Miss. (USA Today)—Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney...
RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Let this be a lesson to the 64 NCAA Tournament teams yet to take the floor: A...
RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Let this be a lesson to the 64 NCAA Tournament teams yet to take the floor: A...