The following excerpts are from the powerful speech entitled “What to the slave is 4th of July,” made by Frederick…
Two decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court the last week of June have provoked outrage among Civil Rights organizations and…
A labor/community alliance is growing in Oakland, Calif., as city leaders pour more money into one of the most contentious…
By now, millions of people have heard about the so-called “down-to-earth” white Southern chef, Paula Deen, who was cited in…
In the pre-Civil War era, courts in the U.S. regularly gave legal cover to slave catchers to search across the…
On June 24, organizations opposing the racist “Stop and Frisk” actions by the New York Police Department held a morning…
June 22 represented a highpoint in Detroit when tens of thousands of people gathered on Woodward Avenue in midtown and…
By Gloria Verdieu and Terri Kay Manteca, Calif. -- Hundreds of supporters, friends and family from all over the state…
African-American farmers won a landmark lawsuit in 1999 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for racist discrimination in Pigford v.…
Selma, Ala. — The National Coalition of Leaders to Save Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is in the forefront…