| 单词 | civil rights leader |
| 例句 | In early July, Martin Luther King Jr., one of Johnson’s biggest allies in the struggle to end racial discrimination, spoke out against the war while addressing civil rights leaders in Virginia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Black civil rights leaders continued to agitate, but the apartheid machinery ground on unheeding. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z African American abolitionist and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass had heard enough. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But the riots have a common cause, as named by the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “A riot is the language of the unheard.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z King, along with other civil rights leaders, was arrested a number of times. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a shocking, groundbreaking speech, especially from a civil rights leader. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z II When civil rights leaders first demanded the admission of minority students to higher education, academic officials could have challenged their critics to seek the more important reform of primary and secondary education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All around them, the image of the Domino King grinned out of shiny, scribbled-on photographs with various celebrities and back-in-the-day civil rights leaders. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In 1967, their campaign against southern segregation laws successful at last, black civil rights leaders were turning their attention to the North, a North they no longer saw in contrast to the South. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Leading the procession along with Dr. King and other civil rights leaders were an Episcopal bishop, a Jewish rabbi, a United Nations diplomat, and four Catholic nuns wearing long black habits. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very religious and a good student, and he had the kind of reputation that allowed the family to persuade civil rights leaders to push for an investigation into his death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was then that Frederick Douglass, a civil rights leader who had escaped from slavery ten years before, asked to address the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on August 6 in the ornate President’s Room of the Capitol as Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and other civil rights leaders looked on. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z With extraordinary bravery, civil rights leaders, activists, and progressive clergy launched boycotts, marches, and sit-ins protesting the Jim Crow system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, as civil rights advocates converted a grassroots movement into a legal campaign, and as civil rights leaders became political insiders, many civil rights organizations became top-heavy with lawyers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Segregationist Jimmy George Robinson attacks Martin Luther King as the civil rights leader tries to register at Selma's Hotel Albert, January 18, 1965. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I think—as I thought in 1967—that the black civil rights leaders were correct: Higher education was not, nor is it yet, accessible to many black Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1884, two years after his first wife died, abolitionist and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass married a white woman, Helen Pitts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Was he maneuvering to now join the major civil rights leaders whom he had previously bitterly attacked? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking from the steps of the capitol, prominent civil rights leaders and ordinary citizens recalled the turbulent events at Selma that had turned the voting rights campaign into a mass protest against racial injustice. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the walls are covered with photographs of civil rights leaders, politicians, and celebrities who have eaten here, like James Brown and pre-heart-bypass Bill Clinton. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z For decades, civil rights leaders have been saying things like “we all want a colorblind society, we just disagree how to get there” in defense of race-conscious programs like affirmative action or racial data collection. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Chinese ambassador to the United States attended, along with prominent government officials and civil rights leaders. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Where were the protestors and civil rights leaders when their children were tried as adults and carted off to adult prisons? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Scores of civil rights leaders were arrested and sent to serve life sentences in the maximum-security penitentiary on Robben Island, in the cold Atlantic Ocean. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The defection rate shot up to 34 percent among those Democrats who believed civil rights leaders were pushing “too fast.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When King’s staff learned that state troopers would almost certainly block the march, they advised the civil rights leader to remain in Atlanta. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s right up there with any civil rights leader of our generation,” Mr. Jackson said. Don Cornelius, Host of ?Soul Train,? and His Muted Legacy 2012-03-09T23:44:45Z On April 4, 1968, a single gunshot killed civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. on a motel balcony in Memphis. Book excerpt: The untold story of MLK and RFK 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Five years later, the nation looked on in horror again as civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and later Kennedy's brother and U.S. Letters of grief to Jacqueline Kennedy brought to life in film 2013-09-22T18:10:31Z Capitol with ones of the country music legend and of civil rights leader Daisy Bates. Arkansas to honor country legend Johnny Cash with holiday 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The commentators — the riders themselves, historians, politicians, civil rights leaders — have mostly been chosen for an uncanny ability to convey the tension in a present-tense reconstruction. Television Review: Voices From the Buses on the Road to Civil Rights 2011-05-15T22:04:53Z The faculty fueled our enthusiasm with weekly visits from civil rights leaders. Thomas Mann, Guilty Pleasures and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Stateside, April 4, 2018 marks the 50th year since the civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Where to Celebrate a Centennial (or 3) in 2018 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z From trailblazing abolitionists and scientists to artists, politicians, judges and civil rights leaders, there are numerous historical figures who have done their part to shape America into the country that it is today. Black history through the years: 10 famous figures in the US 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The film, which is nominated for a best picture Oscar, also won an Image lead actor award for David Oyelowo as the civil rights leader. 'Selma' wins outstanding film of 2014 at NAACP Image Awards 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Of course, “JOHNLEWIS” was the civil rights leader who led the historic Selma march — Lewis was the entire theme of one puzzle. For crossword constructors, an inclusivity debate: What’s ‘common knowledge’ and who decides? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z History books will remember him, rightly, as a civil rights leader, a confidant to presidents, a power broker at the highest levels. How Vernon Jordan became a one-of-a-kind Washington presence 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Here are seven ways to commemorate the legacy of the civil rights leader and learn more about Black history in New York. 7 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King in New York 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Dr. King won fame as a civil rights leader, not as a religious figure. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z Q. What civil rights leader was falsely accused of being a communist? Style Invitational Week 1367: Pick me up at work, okay? A come-on contest. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z A number of events are being held in the city this month, including a visit from Mr Martin Luther King III, son of the murdered US civil rights leader. Liverpool prepares to mark Slavery Remembrance Day 2012-08-08T06:00:00Z It would have shown the relationship between the civil rights leader and US president Lyndon B Johnson, with Jackman as a racist sheriff who tried to stop King and his marches. Lee Daniels to direct Hugh Jackman in Martin Luther King film Orders to Kill 2012-08-01T10:47:44Z As part of this new partnership, “Escaping the KKK” will now feature in-show content between segments, which will be provided by civil rights leaders, to grant context to the images within the each episode. A&E changes “Generation KKK” title to “Escaping the KKK” in wake of backlash 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The new Change.org appeal argues that the New York air hub should be rechristened as Frederick Douglass International Airport to honor the author, orator and civil rights leader. Petition to rename Rochester airport after Frederick Douglass trends online 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z I hear the same tone when old film is run of the 1960s Atlanta civil rights leaders, and of Martin Luther King in particular. From Hare to Hytner: leading cultural figures oppose the EBacc 2012-12-14T22:50:00Z By focusing on the last year of King's life, Tavis Smiley brings the civil rights leader's humanity, imperfections, passions and political struggles into focus. Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. in books 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z And Sharpton said that goes against the message in King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech, in which the civil rights leader appealed to the federal government to ensure equality. Blogger calls DC dangerous for Glenn Beck rally 2010-08-27T20:15:00Z And Sharpton said that goes against the message in King's speech, in which the civil rights leader appealed to the federal government to ensure equality. Glenn Beck calls for thousands at DC rally 2010-08-28T11:55:00Z Simpson, and "I Am Not Your Negro," about civil rights leaders through the eyes of late U.S. novelist James Baldwin. #OscarsSoWhite to #OscarsLessWhite; diverse nominees stand out 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The Democratic governor said it was a fitting cause to honor the late civil rights leader, who was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Vets share memories during MLK program 2012-01-16T22:08:00Z Tanaka was born the same year as pop singer Bing Crosby, baseball legend Lou Gehrig and civil rights leader Ella Baker. World's oldest person turns 119 and hopes to reach her 120th birthday 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Franklin, was respected as a civil rights leader, an early advocate of “black pride” and a friend of King. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z For the first major film ever to feature King as a lead character, moviegoers get a different civil rights leader than they might be familiar with. In 'Selma,' David Oyelowo digs deep to play Martin Luther King Jr. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The film is about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. “Selma” movie to film at Alabama Capitol on Friday 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z "Selma," which focuses on the civil rights leader's role in the seminal 1965 marches in Alabama for black voters' rights, was percolating for years and several directors had come and gone. 'Selma' director makes history before awards are bestowed 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z “The use of the N-word is something all civil rights leaders around the country want us to stop using,” said Mr. Snead, who is black. ArtsBeat: Connecticut School Official, Objecting to Racial Term, Wants to Block Wilson Play 2011-01-13T17:32:00Z In a telephone interview, Professor Forman, a son of the civil rights leader James Forman, praised the book’s “spectacular” success in raising awareness of the issue. Michelle Alexander?s ?New Jim Crow? Raises Drug Law Debates 2012-03-06T23:26:55Z The Georgia Democrat and veteran civil rights leader announced his diagnosis of advanced cancer in late December. Alex Trebek to Rep. John Lewis: Let’s survive cancer in 2020 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z And they did this largely without the help of licensed doctors, save for receiving early assistance from civil rights leader Dr. Theodore R.M. HBO's "The Janes" spotlights the abortion activists who operated like a spy ring pre-Roe v. Wade 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z On 125th Street, he stopped to read the text on a monument to the politician and civil rights leader Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Jay Ellis Comes Home to Harlem 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z He changed one sentence from “They believed him,” referring to how civil rights leaders felt about Johnson, to “They believed in him.” Caro exhibit ‘Turn the Page’ is a window into his world 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The second, by Raoul Peck, is narrated by Samuel L Jackson and is based on an unfinished work by James Baldwin about civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Fight the power: documentaries to unleash the activist in you 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition says the civil rights leader will join fellow clergy, elected officials, attorneys and community activists for a Monday morning rally at the Chicago Temple supporting Foxx. Rev. Jackson plans rally in support of Chicago prosecutor 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Putting it another way, Clyburn quotes his friend Andrew Young, the former ambassador and civil rights leader, who “used to say all the time that black folks have the best antenna.” Jim Clyburn changed everything for Joe Biden’s campaign. He’s been a political force for a long time. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Garrow noted that the night the civil rights leader died, Robert Kennedy also spoke movingly about his legacy. This powerful image perfectly captures how divided America was when MLK died 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Your review of “Walk With Me” and “Until I Am Free” brings attention to the underrecognized female civil rights leader. Thomas Mann, Guilty Pleasures and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Flowers’s parents were activists, and her childhood home in Lowndes County was a haven for civil rights leaders. How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Recasting Ossie Davis' eulogy for Malcolm X through an ethereal vocal melody, the song gives way to a plea for understanding drawn from a speech by the civil rights leader from 1965. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic' Rap mogul Russell Simmons helped assemble the coalition of celebrities and civil rights leaders that presented a letter to the president on Tuesday. Stars ask to help Obama change drug, jail policy 2013-04-09T12:50:09Z To understand his death, it is essential to realize that although he is popularly depicted and perceived as a civil rights leader, he was much more than that. Was James Earl Ray innocent? 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z As Lee spoke, a camera zeroed in on Ava Duvernay, the director of best picture Oscar nominee "Selma," about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. NAACP Image Awards: Diversity, politics and a stunning 'Selma' snub 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Capitol display with statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country musician Johnny Cash. Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to US Capitol 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Before the civil rights leader arrived, the local government and the school board agreed to remove the flag from the school logo, and to eliminate it from all school-sponsored displays. White flight from reality: Inside the racist panic that fueled Donald Trump’s victory 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z “My mom was in the movement with Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, and one of her first mentors was Julian Bond,” Mr. Smollett said of the Black Panther founders and the civil rights leader. The Smollett Family Business: Acting and Activism 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Though it is a memorial to two towering Black civil rights leaders, both of whom died on the same day this year — July 17 — “The Baptism” isn’t interested in particulars. Black Art and Poetry Elevate a Tribute to Civil Rights Leaders 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Second place went to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., with four votes. September Class of KidsPost: Stone Ridge fifth-graders 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Horne spoke at a rally that same year with another civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, just days before his assassination. Lena Horne dies aged 92 2010-05-10T08:40:00Z The civil rights leader only popped up by chance, after Hart caught him outside his Atlanta office and asked if he could cheer for the camera. Atlanta rappers are backing Stacey Abrams. And it all goes back to Young Jeezy. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Franklin sang at the funeral of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, as well as at the presidential inaugurations of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z In 1968 he was asked to co-host Black Journal, which was first screened two months after the assassination of the American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. US film-maker William Greaves dies 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Randolph himself was among the most important – and most often forgotten – civil rights leaders. Rosa Parks’ activism wasn’t limited to a Montgomery bus 2013-03-15T16:57:00Z The new bridge is named for Frederick Douglass, a civil rights leader who was born into slavery, escaped and became one of this country’s greatest and most influential writers. Washington’s rising Frederick Douglass bridge lifts the human spirit 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Farrakhan was chief minister of the Nation of Islam’s Boston mosque at the time the civil rights leader was killed. Netflix series explores the assassination of Malcolm X 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The first invited guest was the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. His wife, Coretta Scott King, delivered the speech after his assassination. Natalie Portman tells Harvard graduates: 'Make your inexperience an asset' 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “I marched with Dr. Martin Luther King,” she says, sharing a story about a demonstration the late civil rights leader led through a Chicago park in 1966 when she was an 18-year-old student. Former senator Carol Moseley Braun is back on the campaign trail, stumping for Joe Biden 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z This timely, arresting graphic memoir series, mostly completed before the congressman and civil rights leader’s death, picks up where the trilogy “March” left off. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z On Monday, his team sent out a photograph of Smollett and his family meeting with civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson over the weekend. In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, Robinson's relentless advocacy got the attention of the country's civil rights leaders. Jackie Robinson was a radical 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Some civil rights leaders are staging a rival rally Saturday in Washington on what is the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Beck says US has `wandered in darkness' too long 2010-08-28T16:46:00Z Mr. Garrow found factoids aplenty, about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s infamous surveillance of Dr. King — and, most controversially, about alleged sexual misconduct by the civil rights leader. His Martin Luther King Biography Was a Classic. His Latest King Piece Is Causing a Furor. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The film documents the life of a politician and civil rights leader who has never lost sight of his purpose even when faced with insurmountable odds. New doc "John Lewis: Good Trouble" gives nuance to a relentless freedom fighter 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Pointing out the U.A.W. and civil rights leaders in attendance, he recalled, “She said, ‘Your story, the family story, is right here.’ ” ‘Brothers on the Line,’ Sasha Reuther’s Film on the U.A.W. 2012-10-09T22:34:03Z He tracked down terror suspects and Nazi spies, socialists and civil rights leaders, but couldn’t be bothered rounding up Mafia bosses. Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar: Yanking the FBI Chief Out of the Closet 2011-11-08T16:35:25Z Mr. Snead, who is black, argued that some civil rights leaders oppose the casual use of the word in music and slang. ArtsBeat: Connecticut School Will Perform Wilson Play Despite Official's Objection 2011-01-20T16:21:29Z For another streaming option, the 2020 documentary “MLK/FBI” examines an F.B.I. director’s unsettling obsession with King’s personal life and political affiliations, and his determination to bring down the civil rights leader. 6 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King in New York 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z In 1987, an intrepid local citizen and several national civil rights leaders organized a Brotherhood March — made up largely of people who lived outside the county, obviously. Review: ‘Blood at the Root,’ a Tale of Racial Cleansing Close to Home 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z “If he were looking down now, “ Mr. Morgan began, referring to the civil rights leader. ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: A Timid Beginning 2011-01-18T12:08:34Z His first appearance in his new role will be on January 16 -- the national holiday marking the birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to join TV news show 2011-12-15T22:34:56Z “Malcolm X” pays homage to the civil rights leader through stacked drums, staggered piano chords and Singer’s billowing saxophone solo in a meditative mix of jazz and soul — a rightful nod to the historical figure. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The most recent films chosen were "Study of a River," an experimental 1996 film about the Hudson River, and "Malcolm X," Spike Lee's 1992 biography of the civil rights leader. 'Empire Strikes Back' among 25 film registry picks 2010-12-28T11:31:04Z She eventually covered the presidential bids in 1988 of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and televangelist Pat Robertson, both long-shot candidates for the Democrats and Republicans, respectively. Gwen Ifill, who overcame barriers as a black female journalist, dies at 61 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z How could Americans of all racial backgrounds not have mourned the death of the great civil rights leader? This powerful image perfectly captures how divided America was when MLK died 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Besides Obama, speakers will include civil rights leaders Julian Bond, Rep. Obama, Aretha to headline MLK monument dedication 2011-10-12T01:16:04Z In 1968, she was helping the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the Poor People’s March in Memphis, Tennessee, where the civil rights leader was slain on Angelou’s 40th birthday. Private memorial service set for poet Maya Angelou 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The politically-inspired shenanigans of the official government — wiretapping civil rights leaders, for instance — had sparked Gregory’s mind so much he became, as the years rolled by, a champion conspiracy theorist. Perspective | One day with Dick Gregory made me know he was truly one of a kind 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z While he later became close to Cesar Chavez, the farm workers advocate, and other more radical civil rights leaders, he never invited King to his home. King and Kennedy Weren’t Friends, but They Were Bound by History 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “The Embrace,” now a permanent fixture in Boston Common, sits on the 1965 Freedom Plaza, which honors 69 local civil rights leaders from the 1950s to the 1970s. In Boston, ‘The Embrace’ Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z When I grew up, I saw King as a civil rights leader who was going from city to city trying to break down the walls of segregation. "MLK/FBI" director: "White men in power are frightened of losing their control of America" 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The King siblings are shareholders and board members of the estate, which they formed in 1995 with King's widow, Coretta Scott King, to control rights to the civil rights leaders' speeches, books and other works. 2010-01-19T20:42:00Z It affects over a million Americans, according to the American Parkinson Disease Association, including Michael J. Fox and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader. Alan Alda Reveals He Has Parkinson’s Disease 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Before his death from cancer, the civil rights leader and Georgia congressman reflected on his life and dispensed this advice for future generations on justice, faith and the pandemic. Newly Published, From Octogenarian Marathoners to a Haunted Southern Plantation Wedding 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., more than most civil rights leaders, understood the singular role that television played in documenting the brutality of racial violence on African-Americans and eliciting sympathy from white viewers. Seeing Martin Luther King Jr. in a New Light 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Often, when the civil rights leader would see her for the first time in a while, she said, he would ask her to open her hand. From this Selma house, Martin Luther King made civil rights history 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Facing mounting pressure from the Southern faction of his party and civil rights leaders, Johnson vents his frustrations to the audience. ‘Breaking Bad’ star adds luster to Seattle writer’s Broadway play 2014-03-10T20:36:00Z Later in the afternoon, in the Chapel of St. James, the composer and conductor Alice Parker will lead an hour of communal singing to honor the civil rights leader. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 8 Places in New York to Remember His Legacy 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z This season began with the toppling of a founding partner and civil rights leader in a #MeToo scenario. Cush Jumbo Still Has Hope. And You Should, Too. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The site opened to visitors in 2011 and features a towering statue of the slain civil rights leader, along with quotations from his speeches and sermons. Beyond Obama's oath, what to see and taste in DC 2013-01-18T11:31:05Z After Robert returns from a trip to Atlanta in support of jailed civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., Libby knocks on his door at 2 a.m. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Bill's secret action has unintended results 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The first of the new books will follow the contentious 1986 congressional campaign in which Lewis ran against and ultimately beat his close friend and fellow civil rights leader Julian Bond. He’s a Hill staffer for Rep. John Lewis by day — and an award-winning graphic novelist by night 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Beck again sought to play down comparisons to the slain civil rights leader. Glenn Beck plans Lincoln Memorial rally on anniversary of King's 'Dream' speech 2010-08-26T15:15:00Z An art exhibition, a play and more events that will help you commemorate the civil rights leader. Martin Luther King Day: 4 Ways to Honor His Legacy 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Much like civil rights leaders of the past, the new wave of black entrepreneurship is just as motivated by social and economic uplift as it is by profits. Buying Black, Rebooted 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z He was a minister and a civil rights leader having liaisons with women who weren't Coretta Scott King. "MLK/FBI" director: "White men in power are frightened of losing their control of America" 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The Illustrated News, a grassroots circular published by civil rights leaders, carried a two-page story accompanied by detailed pictures of community members picketing the police headquarters. The untold stories of women in the 1967 Detroit rebellion and its aftermath 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Bond’s parents — his mother a librarian, his father a civil rights leader and president of Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University — filled their home with activists, artists and intellectuals such as Robeson and W.E.B. Julian Bond had the long view of this journey toward justice 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z King and his fellow civil rights leaders clearly understood the power of going viral before the term was invented. Perspective | The brutal video of George Floyd’s death can galvanize a nation. If we stop scrolling. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Fifty years after the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the civil rights leader’s family and admirers marked the anniversary of his death Wednesday with marches, speeches and quiet reflection. Remembering the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years after his death 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Photographs of U.S. civil rights leaders recall Gandhi's abiding interest in their movement. Houston art exhibit showcases Gandhi and history of nonviolence 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Earlier in the day, civil rights leaders announced that they are reviving an economic justice campaign first planned by King. Remembering the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years after his death 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Here are six ways to memorialize the civil rights leader, whose legacy, more than a half century after his death, is still remembered through acts of service. 6 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King in New York 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Alongside a reproduction of a photo of King’s funeral that ran in “Life,” Jaar graphically lays bare the nation’s racial divisions at the time of the civil rights leader’s death. This powerful image perfectly captures how divided America was when MLK died 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Horne also spoke at a rally that same year with another civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, just days before his assassination. Legendary singer Lena Horne dies 2010-05-10T05:35:00Z In a recent filing in response, the congressman’s lawyers argue that Republicans are trying to blame Clyburn, a state civil rights leader, for an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander intentionally designed to dilute minority voting power.” Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Black American civil rights leaders, entertainers, artists and educators in the 1960s and ’70s saw hope for racial uplift in the liberation of nations such as Jamaica, Ghana and Kenya from white colonial rule. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z For three hours, they heard inspiring messages from the civil rights leaders about keeping up hope in the fight for equality and a better life. 1963 March on Washington 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z Republican lawmakers threatened impeachment proceedings and even some influential Democrats and civil rights leaders warned that the move could do more harm than good to overall efforts to ease gun violence. New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z In one of his early Facebook Live videos, he delivered his message wearing a black T-shirt with a quotation from U.S. civil rights leader Malcolm X on the back. Auto union chief Shawn Fain quotes Malcolm X, shines on Facebook as takes on Detroit Three 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Even some influential Democrats and civil rights leaders typically aligned with the governor’s progressive political agenda warned that her well-intended move could do more harm than good to overall efforts to stem gun violence. Gun-rights advocates protest New Mexico governor’s order suspending right to bear arms in public 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The PragerU Kids lesson plans, billed as alternatives to “woke agendas” in public schools, feature short videos on figures like President Abraham Lincoln and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Florida adds PragerU to K-12 curricula, Texas may follow 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Desantis, who is running for against Donald Trump and others for the GOP nomination for president, has loosened gun laws in his state and has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness.” HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden told civil rights leaders that it is important to push back against those “trying to erase history” and efforts to “ban books.” Biden hosts King family, civil rights leaders on 60th anniversary of March on Washington 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Yet his thoughts on the shooting touched on issues raised by the civil rights leader. White shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida hate crime as Washington celebrates King’s dream 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic March on Washington by meeting with civil rights leaders Monday. Biden, Harris to mark 60th anniversary of MLK’s March on Washington 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z He knows of King through school and watching and listening to YouTube and he credits the late civil rights leader for how he is treated. Visitors to Lincoln Memorial say America has its flaws but see gains made since March on Washington 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z His policies have faced wide criticism from civil rights leaders and educators, among others, but they also have paid off politically. How Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Three years earlier, when he learned that the civil rights leader Andrew Young was running for Congress, in Georgia, he gave him a call. Clarence Avant, ‘Godfather of Black Music’ and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies at 92 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z DeSantis has also faced criticism from teachers and civil rights leaders, as well as mounting pushback from some of his party’s most prominent Black elected officials. DeSantis shies away from Trump criticism at Iowa GOP dinner where both are speaking 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, and other civil rights leaders will speak at the event. Biden, Harris to mark 60th anniversary of MLK’s March on Washington 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Fanon also helped embed into Black activism the concept of “by any means necessary,” a credo of civil rights leader Malcolm X. Dorsey High students take on AP African American history and racism. Talks run deep 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Kemp said Farris was instrumental in preserving her brother’s memory, but also an influential civil rights leader herself. Christine King Farris, late sibling of MLK, receives rare tribute at Georgia Capitol 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The elder Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, plans to announce his decision on Sunday during the organization’s annual convention, Rep. Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of Rainbow PUSH Coalition 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Rep. Jonathan Jackson confirmed the long-time civil rights leader would be retiring from the organization. Jesse Jackson is stepping down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The 54-year-old union veteran, who carries his UAW-member grandfather's pay stubs in his wallet, delivered this message wearing a black T-shirt with a quotation from U.S. civil rights leader Malcolm X on the back. A US auto union president who accepts 'no limits' 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The panelists, picked by Newsom and leaders of the Senate and Assembly, include the descendants of slaves who are lawyers, educators, elected officials and civil rights leaders. California Black reparations task force concludes historic 2-year work 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z After calls from Ms. Owens’s family and friends and civil rights leaders to file murder charges against Ms. Lorincz, Mr. Gladson, the state attorney, said he had carefully examined the viability of the charge. Florida Woman Charged With Manslaughter, Not Murder, in Fatal Shooting 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z A half-century later, the civil rights leader is still talking about his mission from God. Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crime by obeying Ten Commandments 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The elder Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, plans to announce his plan on Sunday during the organization’s annual convention, Rep. Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times. Jesse Jackson is stepping down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z He also joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and four other civil rights leaders in organizing the 1963 March on Washington. Stamp of civil rights icon John Lewis unveiled in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “Luci Baines, I did not have to say or do anything to convince one of those great civil rights leaders to be for that legislation,” she recalled him saying. LBJ’s daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights bill, then cried when Supreme Court weakened it 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Redding mentioned the FBI’s spying in the 1960s on Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders as well as officials in Black nationalist movements. AP-NORC poll finds both Democrats, Republicans skeptical of US spying practices 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z With Meredith hospitalized, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael and other civil rights leaders continued the march, often followed by long lines of activists and local people. Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crime by obeying Ten Commandments 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Young, King, Abernathy and other civil rights leaders came to the funeral and planned to stage a march from Selma to the state capital, Montgomery. Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Some civil rights leaders of the 1960s understood the power of space to unlock the potential of the Black community, Glover says. As a Black astronaut from Pomona sets his sights on the moon, he feels the weight of injustice on Earth 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Over the years, the hotel hosted a number of notable people including the civil rights leader King, singer Ella Fitzgerald, the Harlem Globetrotters and others. Black-owned hotel razed; was safe haven during segregation 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Belafonte’s friend, civil rights leader Andrew Young, would note that Belafonte was the rare person to grow more radical with age. Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Chavez Rodriguez is the granddaughter of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. Biden announces bid for a second term in 2024 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z He was meant to be a civil rights leader. Q&A: ‘Dear Mama’ director resigns Tupac feud with docuseries 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Merritt and some civil rights leaders urged a hate crime charge. Ralph Yarl making stunning recovery, family lawyer says 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Some civil rights leaders have called for a hate crime charge, but Zachary Thompson, Clay County prosecuting attorney, said first-degree assault is a higher-level crime with a longer sentence — up to life in prison. What to know about shooting of Black teen after home mix-up 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Speaking on Monday at a news conference at an Akron church with clergy members and civil rights leaders, Ms. Sykes said she would formally request a Justice Department investigation of the Police Department. Grand Jury Decides Not to Charge Officers in Shooting Death of Jayland Walker 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z For historians and civil rights leaders, the drama and political tension that has engulfed this city is anchored in the state’s tumultuous history of racial injustice. Nashville expulsions: ‘Two steps forward, one back’ for Black residents 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Progressives set the table for expansion, partly by helping to elect Mr. Cooper, said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, a prominent civil rights leader and longtime pastor in North Carolina. Will North Carolina Be the ‘Beginning of the End’ of the Medicaid Expansion Fight? 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Jones has spoken of participating in a sit-in in Congress with Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Georgia Democrat who died in 2020. Who are the Tennessee Three? Here’s what to know. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Johnson, dressed in black, was joined by Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who would become the Democrats’ presidential candidate that year; every member of the Supreme Court; and other political and civil rights leaders. MLK gave his last sermon 55 years ago — and warned of a fascist takeover 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “He had an illness. He should have been doctored to, not treated with brutality,” said civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy. Remembrances, calls for reform at Irvo Otieno’s funeral 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In addition to officials from both countries, American celebrities, businesspeople and civil rights leaders also attended. Harris to pledge support for African innovation in Ghana 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z In a statement published Friday in Politico’s New York Playbook newsletter, a group of civil rights leaders, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and former Gov. David Paterson, condemned Mr. Trump’s statements. Trump, Turning Up Heat, Raises Specter of Violence if He Is Charged 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “President Biden set the gold standard for policing at the federal level with his Executive Order, which earned the support of law enforcement and civil rights leaders,” the statement said. D.C. leaders begin lobbying Congress against effort to block policing bill 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z There were protests, accusations of racist and aggressive policing, demands for reform, and distraught family members speaking out, often flanked by civil rights leaders. Roiled by a Police Killing, One Department Tries to Rebound 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In January, Biden spoke at the Atlanta church of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Biden to spotlight voting rights, Black voters in 'Bloody Sunday' Selma visit 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Days later, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. led what became known as the “Turnaround Tuesday” march, in which marchers approached a wall of police at the bridge and prayed before turning back. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Council, frustrated liberals, civil rights leaders and supporters of D.C. statehood, who continued to voice their anger Friday. Biden told advisers he would let Congress block D.C. crime law 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z He forged ties with civil rights leaders including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Andrew Young, a future U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Atlanta mayor. James Joseph, U.S. envoy to South Africa during Mandela years, dies at 87 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Judges have temporarily blocked some legislation denounced by civil rights leaders, but DeSantis’s administration has won some cases, and the governor has appointed most of the state Supreme Court. Alarmed by DeSantis, Black leaders protest and prepare for 2024 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Also expected to attend are students, civil rights leaders, historians and families of victims of hate-fueled violence. Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The civil rights leader walked through Tallahassee to the Statehouse with dozens of supporters who criticized the state’s blocking of the Advanced Placement pilot course. Sharpton to DeSantis: Stop censoring Black history 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z In 1983, President Reagan had signed into law a national holiday honouring Martin Luther King Jr, the pioneering black civil rights leader shot dead in 1968, on the third Monday of January. Race, rap and the Arizona Super Bowl that never was 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z In the speech channeling King, it had the civil rights leader quoting himself. ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The College Board cited the inclusion of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader who was gay, as evidence that the course explores the Black gay experience. Amid DeSantis attacks, AP African American studies course is updated 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The new framework does make a passing reference to the midcentury civil rights leader Bayard Rustin facing discrimination because he was gay. Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, both of whom died as a result of police violence, also attended the funeral, where civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton gave a eulogy. A father 'gone too soon': Tyre Nichols funeral held in Memphis 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Back then, the bustling commercial strip, also known as The Avenue, was a Black cultural hub frequented by civil rights leaders. Violence frustrates historic Black cultural hub in Baltimore 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z "What happened to Tyre is a disgrace to this country," said civil rights leader Al Sharpton. Tyre Nichols family demand justice on eve of funeral 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Some activists and civil rights leaders say law enforcement is going too far. In Atlanta, a deadly forest protest sparks debate over ‘domestic terrorism’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Examples of Black achievement are often restricted to civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Harlem Renaissance figures like Langston Hughes. Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Board of Education decision that outlawed segregation in public schools, in a group of ships being named for civil rights leaders. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Warren is 5th justice with Navy ship 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton, a longtime civil rights leader who will attend Nichols’s funeral next week, said the race of the five officers added to the tragedy. 5 fired Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder of Tyre Nichols 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Reverend Al Sharpton, a US civil rights leader, told the BBC the alleged crime was particularly painful because of the officers' race. Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm over Memphis police murder case 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z He quotes famed civil rights leader Bob Moses: "When the interest of the country is awakened, the government responds to that issue." Who will speak up for my child, the drag queen? 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The son of civil rights leaders Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King has defended a new monument to honour his parents after the artwork faced mounting criticism and mockery. Martin Luther King's son defends new statue amid criticism 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was honored Monday by parade-goers, schoolchildren, community leaders and millions of others who remembered the slain civil rights leader’s messages of peace, racial equality, service and unity. As D.C. hosts annual parade, King family honors justice groups 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z “Don’t just call him a civil rights leader. He was a faith leader,” Warnock said. On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z For those who ask the question, "Aren't you a civil rights leader?" and thereby mean to exclude me from the movement for peace, I have this further answer. We need Martin Luther King Jr.'s lessons in resistance — that's why the right wants to erase them 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The first time, in 1973, there was no federal holiday honoring the famed civil rights leader who was assassinated five years earlier. After 50 MLK Day celebrations, this 92-year-old has more work to do 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z In his 13 years as a civil rights leader, King was arrested 30 times, largely for misdemeanours and civil protest violations, according to the King Center. Martin Luther King: Surprising facts about civil rights icon 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Despite Mr. Biden’s failure to fulfill his promise of a year ago, some civil rights leaders did not fault him. A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Even now, King County, renamed in honor of the civil rights leader, has yet to fully institute dash and body cameras, a tool to help ensure justice for its deputies and the public. Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by practicing his words, continuing his work 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z “He was not just a Southern civil rights leader but a national one,” Griffey said. Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact resounds today in Seattle’s Black arts, cultural communities 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Marking the national holiday celebrating the slain civil rights leader, Biden will deliver a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church at the invitation of its pastor, Democratic U.S. President Biden to give sermon at Martin Luther King's church in Atlanta 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Bottoms said Biden planned to speak with civil rights leaders at the church. Biden welcomed back to Georgia after laying low in midterms 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Warnock held onto his seat after a runoff election last month, despite new state voting restrictions that Democrats and civil rights leaders widely condemned. A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the birthday of the influential reverend and civil rights leader. What’s open and closed in Seattle on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Roy referred to civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech while nominating Donalds. Who is Byron Donalds? The latest Republican nominee for House speaker. 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z It was the sort of positive multiracial experience that civil rights leaders had spent decades fighting for. NYC’s Black schools chief isn’t sure racial integration is the answer 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z A Black civil rights leader, Channing Phillips, was put forward for nomination by the D.C. delegation at the Democratic National Convention. Charlene Mitchell, first Black woman in presidential race, dies at 92 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z A replacement statue of civil rights leader Barbara Johns has not been completed, so the National Statuary Hall Collection currently comprises only 99 statues. Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? Last December, civil rights leaders held a vigil at the hotel, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference echoed workers’ calls for celebrities to boycott the Chateau Marmont. Workers at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont win first union contract 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Advertisers have expressed uncertainty about the direction of Twitter under Musk, and civil rights leaders have called for them to pause spending on the site. Musk’s suspension of journalists on Twitter spurs U.S., international condemnation 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Rep. John Lewis, the late civil rights leader and Georgia Democrat, will be portrayed on a U.S. commemorative postage stamp in 2023, the U.S. Forever stamp to honor Rep. John Lewis, civil rights activist, in 2023 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z At a Harvard speech in 1968, Ms. Mitchell called the late civil rights leader King a “tremendous human being,” Charlene Mitchell, first Black woman in presidential race, dies at 92 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Dozens of civil rights leaders, academics and advocates from around the world had volunteered their time for years to help improve safety on the platform. Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z But the bill eventually collapsed, infuriating civil rights leaders and Floyd’s family. Karen Bass takes over a Los Angeles divided by crisis 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Warnock is a senior pastor of the city’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where civil rights leader the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. Georgia voters elect Warnock, helping Democrats’ control of Senate 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Warnock, who like Walker is Black, is pastor of the historic Atlanta church where assassinated civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached. After final Trump-backed midterm loss, Senate Republicans bemoan weak nominees 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z That’s also the title of a two-hour documentary about the national civil rights leader debuting at theaters in over 20 cities Friday. Sharpton says film debuts at ‘critical point’ in US politics 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The 53-year-old southern Baptist preacher at the Atlanta church once led by civil rights leader Martin Luther King had argued that the race was about competence and character. Georgia runoff: Democrats solidify Senate control with victory 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Then the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968 in Memphis led to riots in the city. Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “Don’t let anyone tell you you’re racist,” he said in August at a “Women for Herschel” event, which included Alveda King, the conservative evangelical niece of the slain civil rights leader. Warnock, Walker: Starkly different choices for Black voters 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Clyburn, a civil rights leader, said he plans to continue his work advocating “for the South, and for communities that have been left out of economic progress of previous generations.” Clyburn elected House Dems’ assistant leader, averts contest 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The documentary opens with the civil rights leader’s 2019 birthday party, which was attended by A-list celebrities and top New York elected officials. Sharpton says film debuts at ‘critical point’ in US politics 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There’s no evidence of any such agreement, and civil rights leaders who met with Musk around the time he announced the council say they would never agree to anything of the kind. Column: Elon Musk's engagement with the far right on Twitter is out of control 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The “people of color” frame began to take shape decades ago, as Black civil rights leaders tried to find common ground with the growing pool of nonwhite immigrants. Lessons of the audio leak: Solidarity is dead. Let's ditch the label 'people of color' 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The lawsuit also claims that the university initially decided to fire Killings after the investigation, but local business and civil rights leaders pressured the school not to. Former player sues Albany coach Killings, AD, and school 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The daughter of Florida civil rights leaders said she would pick them up at church and in apartment complexes for older voters who didn’t drive. Black voters in Florida express fear, confusion as DeSantis election laws kick in 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Some of the divisive GOP rhetoric is worrying Democrats and civil rights leaders who are increasingly anxious about tensions surrounding Tuesday’s elections. Democrats look to centrists in final hours while GOP amps up its base 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Musk also met with some civil rights leaders “about how Twitter will continue to combat hate & harassment & enforce its election integrity policies,” according to a tweet he sent Nov. 1. Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk’s Twitter at a crossroads 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Warnock, 53, preaches a kind of social justice Christianity that echoes King, the slain civil rights leader who also led Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Walker, Warnock offer clashing religious messages in Georgia 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z In the 1960s in the United States, a series of angry loners acted on far-right language demonizing civil rights leaders, launching a wave of assassinations. Troubled Loner or Radical Recruit? In Political Violence, It’s Often Hard to Say 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Beauchamp is one of the producers and writers of “Till,” which largely focuses on Mamie Till-Mobley’s reaction to the loss of her only child and her evolution into a civil rights leader. Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “My style was very confrontational, very in-your-face,” Mr. Butts explained in a 2008 interview with Julian Bond, the civil rights leader and former Georgia legislator, for the University of Virginia. The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, Dynamic Harlem Pastor, Dies at 73 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Yet Bakewell’s status as an informal power broker extends well beyond his work as a publisher; he also boasts a long history as a civil rights leader and advocate for Black empowerment. Who is Danny Bakewell, the Black L.A. power broker named in the Nury Martinez audio? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Black civil rights leaders marched in his defense. Column: 'I'm a Black woman, not a pawn.' The forgotten victim of L.A.'s racist tape scandal 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The remark drew condemnations from civil rights leaders and Democrats, but most national Republicans stayed silent or offered only mild responses. Racist GOP appeals heat up in final weeks before midterms 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z The most famous Hollywood depictions of American civil rights leaders tend to center on men as well. How ‘Till’ reframes the enduring story of a brutal American murder 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Warnock is an eloquent speaker who is senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King once preached. Georgia U.S. Senate rivals Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock set for showdown 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Capitol itself, replacing Virginia’s statue of Robert E. Lee with one of civil rights leader Barbara Johns. Wexton, Cao spar over inflation, abortion in latest VA10 debate 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The president is said to have privately disclosed his intent to run again in a private conversation with Mr. Sharpton during a White House meeting with civil rights leaders on Sept. 2. White House demures about Biden promising Al Sharpton that he will seek a second term 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The enigmatic Meredith, who lives in Jackson, has long resisted the label of civil rights leader, as if civil rights are separate from other human rights. Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Regan, who is from Goldsboro, North Carolina, said he grew up listening to local civil rights leaders like Barber and Burwell - the early inspirations for his work at the EPA. Biden administration launches environmental justice office 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z A bipartisan coalition has grown further to include 11 sponsoring Senate Republicans, as well as law enforcement groups and civil rights leaders, who are ready to right this pernicious wrong. Opinion | There’s no excuse for allowing the savage cocaine injustice to persist 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Defendant Yeung quoted U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King saying "a riot is the language of the unheard". Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to "brainwash" children with cartoons 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z A library where Rosa Parks, John Lewis and other civil rights leaders forged strategies that would change the world is mired in controversy over who gets to tell its story. Who gets to tell the story of a historic civil rights site? 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z A day after the address, he hosted a round table with civil rights leaders at the White House to discuss issues related to democracy, including voting rights restrictions. The Two Parties Finally Agree on Something: American Democracy Is in Danger 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The FBI at the time was run by J. Edgar Hoover and was known to have kept files on civil rights leaders and others. Micky Dolenz, the last of The Monkees, sues the FBI to access file made on the band in the ‘60s 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “What I learned a long time ago, even my father’s campaigns, they really were marathons. And so this is a marathon,” said Martin Luther King III, the late civil rights leader’s elder son. King family announces coalition to aid Black, Brown organizers 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Warnock was well known in the state, too, before he was elected to the Senate, as senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King once preached. Ex-football star Herschel Walker's woes hurt Republican chance of taking U.S. Senate 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z For example, American civil rights leaders and activists such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, and Rosa Parks recognized the legitimacy of the government, but they opposed laws that they felt were unjust. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Community activists and civil rights leaders targeted racially discriminatory housing practices, segregated transportation, and legal requirements that African Americans and White people be educated separately. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Mexican American civil rights leaders were active in other areas as well. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Russell also conducted integrated basketball clinics in Jackson, Miss., after the 1963 assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Bill Russell, professional basketball’s first African American superstar and a game-changing big man who reinvented the center position of the dynastic Celtics of the late 1950s and 60s, has died 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Last month, she traveled with a tribal delegation to Harvard to receive the tomahawk of her ancestor, the Native American civil rights leader Chief Standing Bear. Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z A man exonerated last November in the 1965 killing of civil rights leader Malcolm X has sued New York City after it admitted to have wrongly branded him a murderer. U.S. House panel to weigh assault weapons ban next week 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City and the civil rights leader who filed a lawsuit over the funding issue, said the current arrangement is steeped in racism. Kansas City struggles with Missouri over police funding 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The civil rights leader was shot by three gunmen while preparing to address a feverish crowd. Malcolm X: Man exonerated in Malcolm X murder sues New York for $40m 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Virginia removed its statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 2020 and plans to replace it with one of civil rights leader Barbara Johns. Capitol statue collection gets first Black American, replacing Confederate 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Virginia has decided to replace Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with civil rights leader Barbara Johns, and Arkansas will honor civil rights activist Daisy Bates. Opinion | A new and much-needed source of inspiration arrives in the Capitol 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Video and photos of the incident made it appear agents were whipping Haitians, which caused outrage among advocacy groups and civil rights leaders. Report finds ‘unnecessary’ force by agents at Rio Grande 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z One need not share the perspective of civil rights leaders and other death penalty opponents, who say no to it even in a case such as the Buffalo massacre, to respect it. Opinion | Why the Buffalo supermarket slaughter should be a death penalty case 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z By civil rights leaders from Frederick Douglass to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who in his “I Have a Dream” speech held up the phrase as a sacred promise to Black Americans. The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’ 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Zimmerman noted that abolitionist Frederick Douglass, suffragist Susan B. Anthony and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were “ardent patriots” who understood they needed to love the nation’s “ideals of liberty and equality.” Independence Day on track to be a conservative holiday, say experts 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In November 2019, Mr. Zuckerberg hosted a dinner at his home for civil rights leaders and held phone and Zoom conference calls with them, promising to make election integrity a main focus. As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta C.E.O. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z It was one of the last states to officially recognize the civil rights leader. Despite push, states slow to make Juneteenth a paid holiday 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Mbacke, the Morehouse student, often passes two campus landmarks: a statue of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the tomb of that civil rights leader’s mentor, Dr. Benjamin Mays, Morehouse’s sixth president. Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’ 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The investigation in Louisiana was prompted by two brutal beatings, both captured on video, that occthree years ago, inciting an outcry from civil rights leaders. Justice Dept. Is Investigating Louisiana Police Over Accusations of Abuse 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Connie Rice, a longtime civil rights leader who worked with Mr. Caruso on the police commission, spoke highly of his past philanthropic and volunteer work, praising his desire to get more involved. The Mall Mogul and Former Republican Who Could Lead Los Angeles 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Meta said Mr. Austin meets every quarter with civil rights leaders and added that it was the only major social media company with an executive in charge of civil rights. As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta C.E.O. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In addition to being flanked by civil rights leaders at the ceremony, the president was joined by law enforcement officials who had input in crafting the order and softening its use-of-force standards. Biden, Democrats need Black voters to show up this fall. Will they? 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Members of Floyds attended the signing ceremony at the White House along with civil rights leaders, lawmakers and Cabinet officials. Biden signs executive order on police accountability, urges Congress to pass stalled legislation 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Wade Henderson, who served as interim president of the Leadership Conference until stepping down in April, said civil rights leaders remain supportive of Justice’s efforts. At Justice Dept., police reform means partnership as much as punishment 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z My father wasn't a great civil rights leader. Eric Holder: Democracy is worth saving — and justice is coming for Donald Trump 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z He asked civil rights leaders for advice on upholding voter rights. As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta C.E.O. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The administration has been mulling for months whether Biden should issue an executive order on police reform, leaving civil rights leaders frustrated at the delay and whether it will result in any enduring improvement. Two years after Floyd’s death, little movement on police reform in Washington 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s, he announced a renewal of his Christian faith and apologized to Black civil rights leaders, a road-to-Damascus moment that many greeted with skepticism. The angry White populist who paved the way for Trump With the business’s recently unveiled mural of the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis as a backdrop, the group hoped the event would help energize the surrounding community, which is predominantly Black. Voting is surging in Georgia despite controversial new election law 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z He has struck similar themes in the past, arguing that civil rights leaders want the races divided. On Race, Herschel Walker’s Offer of Absolution Divides Georgia Voters 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “He took care of him. Anything he asked for, he got it,” she said in a Thursday press conference with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton and family attorney Ben Crump. Buffalo families begin to eulogize victims of racist attack 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Garland was contacting civil rights leaders to reinforce his pledge that the Justice Department would pursue a hate-crime investigation. Biden’s Justice Dept. pressed for strong response to Buffalo massacre 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Students in those programs would be known as Du Bois Scholars, honoring the civil rights leader W.E.B. Harvard leaders and staff enslaved 79 people, university finds 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “The press spoke then of suicide, but in the essence, it is not. It is not even a protest,” Thich Nhat Hanh wrote of the monks in his letter to the civil rights leader. Outside the Supreme Court, a life of purpose and pain ends in flames 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z She said she’s heard rumblings that she’s going to be punished for her protest, but said it’s minor in comparison to actions that civil rights leaders have endured to seek racial equality. Voting groups sue over Ron DeSantis-drawn Florida congressional map 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z In his autobiography, civil rights leader and Baptist minister the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. explained that in his early adolescence he denied the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Do Christians believe God resurrected Jesus from the dead? Well, it's complicated 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z What became of naming places and institutions after society’s heroes and historical figures, such as university presidents, accomplished scientists, civil rights leaders, politicians and sports stars? Column: When bathrooms have naming rights, has branding gone too far? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z At the same time, Biden’s stance has alarmed civil rights leaders, who fear that the administration’s urgency around police reform is fading as the midterm elections approach this fall. Why Biden’s executive order on policing is still up in the air 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z At the same time, Biden has failed to push through voting rights measures that civil rights leaders consider critical. Jackson’s ascent highlights Biden’s complex record on race 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “The Minneapolis police executed my baby boy,” Wells said at a New York news conference where she stood with the family’s attorney Ben Crump and the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights leader. Police won’t be charged in shooting of Amir Locke during no-knock raid 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The memorial is the centerpiece of the campus’s recently renovated Wilkins Plaza, named for Black civil rights leader, Mason professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Roger Wilkins. George Mason U. unveils memorial for people enslaved by namesake 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “This measure is about reparations for those who are harmed by chattel slavery in this country,” said the Rev. Amos Brown, a civil rights leader and vice chair of the task force. California's reparations effort moves ahead: Here's what's next 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z He stayed awake, he said, researching the history of the iconic civil rights leaders Nelson Mandela and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He knew the crowd would follow his orders. The uncomfortable leader of an angry crowd: Brian Brase and the ‘People’s Convoy’ 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Inside the Senate committee room was a tense if sometimes celebratory atmosphere, with civil rights leaders in attendance marking the milestone. Supreme Court nominee’s ’empathy’ is flashpoint for Senate 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The Senate hearings have been filled each day with some of the leading civil rights leaders, celebrating, as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., put it, the “joy” of reaching this milestone in American history. Takeaways: Jackson hearing shows breadth of partisan divide 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The president invoked playwright William Shakespeare and speeches of World War Two leader Winston Churchill while speaking to British lawmakers and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr while addressing the U.S. A month into war, communicator-in-chief Zelenskiy strives to keep eyes on Ukraine 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The audience also was filled with the nation’s leading civil rights leaders and representatives of the Congressional Black Caucus. Takeaways: Jackson makes history, GOP vows no ‘spectacle’ 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Davis faces between three and 10 years in prison if a jury convicts him of felony manslaughter for shooting Brittain, whose death drew the attention of national civil rights leaders and activists. Arkansas deputy testifies in trial over teen’s shooting 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The article did a good job of describing how she went on from the proverbial humble beginnings to incredible accomplishments as an educator, entrepreneur, civil rights leader, and the only woman in Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet.” Opinion | Mary McLeod Bethune’s many firsts continue 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Letters were also read from the likes of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and actor Samuel L Jackson. Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in attack hoax case 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “Let’s make some trouble,” Mr. Cuomo said, invoking John Lewis, the Democratic congressman and civil rights leader, who died in 2020. Cuomo Re-emerges and Blames ‘Cancel Culture’ for His Fall 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Harris will visit with civil rights leaders before speaking at the foot of the bridge. Harris to mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z That year, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was slain in April, followed two months later by the assassination of Kennedy, shortly after he won the California primary. Walter R. Mears, Pulitzer-winning reporter featured in classic book on campaign journalists, dies at 87 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Baime sought to remedy a great civil rights leader’s erasure in “White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret.” Review: How to fix the Democratic Party? A new book uses history to make its case 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Harry Blake, a young civil rights leader, was among those there at the time. Louisiana city apologizes 60 years after church beating 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Crump pushed for Zimmerman’s arrest and joined with many prominent civil rights leaders to stage demonstrations calling for charges. After Trayvon, Ben Crump became civil rights go-to lawyer 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Corporations and governments promised change, and a new generation of civil rights leaders rose up. For world, Floyd’s death was about race. Why not the trials? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z But civil rights leaders and members of Congress bristled at the China Initiative name, which they believed fueled intolerance and bias against Asian Americans at a time when anti-Asian hate crimes were on the rise. Justice Dept. to End Trump-Era Initiative to Deter Chinese Threats 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z But the fallout from the comments has put Spitzer on the defensive, with fellow district attorneys dropping their endorsements and a civil rights leader saying Spitzer’s views smacked of the Jim Crow South. Lost endorsements, calls to resign: Fallout in O.C. from Todd Spitzer’s racist comments 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z National civil rights leaders hailed the conviction as a victory for racial justice. Three Men Are Found Guilty of Hate Crimes in Arbery Killing 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z But Jackson, who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was with King when he was assassinated in 1968, said Crump is part of the new generation of civil rights leaders. After Trayvon, Ben Crump became civil rights go-to lawyer 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z And for several years on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Bryan wrote messages in which he mocked the holiday honoring the civil rights leader. Was Arbery killing a hate crime? Jury to hear dueling views 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Another witness, Carole Sears, said she recalled hearing Gregory McMichael “rant” about Black people after finding out that Julian Bond, the civil rights leader, had died. After Calling One Witness, Defense Rests in Arbery Hate Crimes Trial 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Bryan also used slurs in a number of electronic messages, including several sent on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that mocked the holiday devoted to the civil rights leader. Witnesses recall racist comments by men in Arbery killing 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The civil rights leaders challenged the league to set measurable goals for recruiting and hiring diverse candidates. Goodell, civil rights leaders discuss diversity in hiring 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Fellow defendant William “Roddie” Bryan also used slurs in a number of electronic messages, including several sent on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that mocked the holiday devoted to the civil rights leader. Hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery killing enters 4th day 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z And Ms. Bernstein described a time that Gregory McMichael had ranted against Black people to a work colleague and described his animosity toward the civil rights leader Julian Bond, who had recently died. Prosecutor Outlines Arbery Killers’ Use of Racial Slurs 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z She learned at a young age how Black Washingtonians were writing letters to request that trustees name the library after the slain civil rights leader, and she takes pride in knowing they succeeded. D.C. activists once wrote letters to name MLK Library. They did it again to push out Jeff Bezos. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z There’s particular concern that the new lawmakers will be hostile to protecting voting rights, an issue especially resonant in the city where John Lewis, Diane Nash and other civil rights leaders got their start. GOP positions to grab left-leaning Nashville in US House map 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The meeting Thursday was a continuation of a discussion that began last week, when the civil rights leaders called for the NFL’s to replace the Rooney Rule. Goodell, civil rights leaders discuss diversity in hiring 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Ortiz’s one plan for the month is to get a tattoo with a quote from John Lewis, the civil rights leader and former congressman: “Good trouble.” When Working for Racial Justice Means Taking Black History Month Off 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z In the bottom corner of the last case, I notice the signed envelope from the 2009 inauguration when the nation’s first Black president acknowledged his debt to the civil rights leader who preceded him. Atlanta’s unexpected civil rights museum: Its airport 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Goodell met with civil rights leaders on Monday who called for the rule to be replaced. Can the Rooney Rule Survive? Should It? 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Among the many victims: the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a civil rights leader whose home was damaged on Christmas Day in 1956 by 16 sticks of dynamite placed beneath his bedroom window. Leaders at Black colleges alert, undeterred by bomb threats 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z But King’s family, civil rights leaders and other neighbors have questioned why the shooter wasn’t charged. Slain Black Missouri man’s family calls for coroner’s ouster 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Soul of a Nation Presents: X/onerated —The Murder of Malcolm X and 55 Years to Justice This new special documents recent developments in the mystery of the death of the civil rights leader. What's on TV Thursday: ‘Single Drunk Female’ on Freeform; Winter Olympics; ‘Project Runway’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z As a Black woman, minister and civil rights leader, I disagree. Opinion | It’s time for the Supreme Court to truly reflect America 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Biden is likely to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court, civil rights leaders and White House allies say. Black voters have soured on Biden. Will a Supreme Court vacancy change their view? 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z In a speech that year, the civil rights leader said that to answer the question, you must first recognize where you are now. Perspective | Voting rights legislation was defeated. But activists are not. 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z If civil rights leaders had given up at the first signs of resistance to equality in the 1950s, our nation would never have won the next decade’s great victories over racial subjugation. Opinion | Giving up on voting rights now would be unconscionable 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z In Chicago, he sat beside King as the civil rights leader held a news conference to denounce the war in Vietnam. Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk who sought peace and mindfulness, dies at 95 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Rabbi Dresner met King in 1962 at a jail in Albany, Ga., where the civil rights leader had been imprisoned for civil disobedience. Israel Dresner, rabbi who fought for civil rights, dies at 92 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z The timing was also notable, coming the same day that McConnell engineered a filibuster to block voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy. McConnell: Black people vote at similar rates to ‘Americans’ 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Democrats and civil rights leaders say the bill is vital for protecting democracy after Republican-led state legislatures passed a slew of new voting restrictions following President Donald Trump’s false claims of voting fraud. Stacey Abrams: Voting rights legislation can be passed 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Today’s civil rights leaders, like their forebears, are certainly not giving up. Opinion | Giving up on voting rights now would be unconscionable 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Democrats and civil rights leaders say those changes will suppress the vote, particularly among minorities, while Republicans say they are needed to prevent voter fraud and restore public faith in the electoral process. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family marches in D.C. for Senate action on voting rights bill 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z He was a militant civil rights leader and a preacher of the Christian Gospel. Opinion | Dr. King was bold. Don’t make him bland. 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z “Our daughter has less rights around voting than she had when she was born,” King, the civil rights leader’s oldest son, said in an interview. King family to rally in Arizona for voting bills for MLK Day 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family will honor the civil rights leader on Monday by demanding action on federal voting rights legislation. MLK Day: King family to lead D.C. march for voting rights 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z With her newest play, Cheryl L. West is making sure we hear the voices of civil rights leaders whose stories are not as frequently told. Seattle playwright Cheryl L. West brings to the stage voices of civil rights leaders whose stories are not as frequently told 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z A tango spectacular, a drag salute to “The Golden Girls” and two virtual celebrations of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lead our shortlist of cultural offerings this weekend. 8 best bets for your weekend: Tango, salutes to MLK Jr., a 'Golden Girls' tribute and more 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He cast his supporters as civil rights leaders and abolitionists. Republican McConnell slams Biden voting rights speech as 'unpresidential' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z King’s family, civil rights leaders and other neighbors have questioned why the shooter wasn’t charged. Prosecutor: No charges in death of Black Missouri man 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The King family, civil rights leaders, students and other activists have long called for lawmakers to expand and protect access to the ballot. MLK Day: King family to lead D.C. march for voting rights 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The civil rights leader’s name is the conservative rebuttal to concerns about systemic racism. Perspective | Exhausting Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Psaki declined to comment on the protests, noting that Biden was flying with a “full plane of congressional leaders and advocates for voting rights” and meeting with an array of civil rights leaders in Georgia. Biden calls for changing the filibuster in major voting rights speech 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Police initially said their investigation indicated the shooting was justified, a finding questioned by some neighbors as well as civil rights leaders. Death of Black Missouri man subject of coroner’s inquest 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z For the past few minutes, civil rights leaders the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Ben Crump had been holding court in one corner of the cavernous room. Column: The pain and rage over the 14-year-old girl killed by the LAPD? To them, it's 'like deja vu' 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Activists and civil rights leaders praised the men’s convictions in November as hard-won justice in the case, which saw no arrests until more than two months after Arbery’s death. Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison, two with no possibility of parole 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It is named for a civil rights leader and longtime member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who died in 1999. With a Pardon, Homer Plessy’s Record Is Clear, but a Painful Legacy Endures 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Schumer said the chamber would vote for a rules change by Jan. 17, the federal holiday honoring civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. U.S. Senate's Schumer eyes change to filibuster to advance voting rights bill 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z The company added that it plans to “continue working with our Hosts and guests, and with civil rights leaders to make our community more inclusive.” Airbnb will hide guests’ names to fight discrimination (but only in Oregon) 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z It was during one of those “unexcused absences” from incarceration that Ray assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Morgan Freeman hosts. What's on TV Tuesday: 'Raid the Fridge' on Food Network; 'That’s My Jam' on Bravo 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z "In exchange for national civil rights leaders donating millions of dollars to her campaign, she will do their bidding, like she did in the Young case. Chicago will be poorer for it." Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed for 'disaster tenure' after $2.9M settlement over botched police raid 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z He spent time at the home of the civil rights leader and activist W.E.B. Eric Adams Returns From Ghana, His Spirit Cleansed and To-Do List Full 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z He bucked U.S. civil rights leaders by agreeing to participate in a PGA Championship in apartheid-era South Africa — but only if the tournament were open to all races. Opinion | Lee Elder broke barriers in a notoriously White sport 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The country was still under apartheid rule, and U.S. civil rights leaders urged Mr. Elder not to go. Lee Elder, barrier-breaking golfer, dies at 87 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The country was still under apartheid rule, and U.S. civil rights leaders urged Elder not to go. Lee Elder, barrier-breaking golfer, dies at 87 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The outcome of the trial drew praise from Mr. Arbery’s family, who had watched the proceedings from inside the courthouse for weeks, and from civil rights leaders and activists across the country. Three men are found guilty of murder in Arbery shooting. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Black fathers rushed to the courthouse with their sons, while lawmakers and civil rights leaders hailed justice even as they said it was hard-won. Jury finds all 3 men guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z That relief was felt across the country, as elected officials and civil rights leaders heralded the verdict as proof that the criminal justice system could deliver for African American people. Relief, optimism and acknowledgment that work remains after jury convicts 3 of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z They decided against targeting the civil rights leader’s home, which was heavily guarded, and settled instead on the Audubon Ballroom in uptown Manhattan, casing it the night before the assassination. 56 Years Ago, He Shot Malcolm X. Now He Lives Quietly in Brooklyn. 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z That case has already seen its share of racial strife, with lawyers for Arbery’s assailants arguing that civil rights leaders sitting in the courtroom could unduly influence the jury. Republican celebrations and Democratic anger reveal a widening political divide 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z During the trial, influential civil rights leaders including the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson appeared in the public gallery of the courtroom with members of Mr. Arbery’s family. Three men are found guilty of murder in Arbery shooting. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z That national conversation hung over the trial, which stretched more than five weeks, as lawyers fought over the courtroom presence of Black civil rights leaders and selected a nearly all-White jury over the prosecution’s protests. Jury finds all 3 men guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader and activist, told The Associated Press that it suggests “it’s open season on human rights demonstrators.” Black Americans see biased system in Rittenhouse verdict 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z And race has mostly come up out of earshot of the jury, as lawyers spar over whether Black civil rights leaders will sway the case by sitting in court. Outside court, Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is a racial justice issue. Inside, the trial skirts race. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Activists, actors and politicians gathered Saturday in New York City to honor civil rights leader Malcolm X with a ceremony at the Harlem site where he was assassinated 50 years ago. 'Who Killed Malcolm X?' helped exonerate two men. Its host says he wants more answers 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The comments caused widespread outrage, culminating with a large demonstration outside the courthouse by activists including Martin Luther King III, son and namesake of the nation’s most revered civil rights leader. Three men are found guilty of murder in Arbery shooting. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Some civil rights leaders and parts of the Democratic Party’s left wing have hopes she will join the Biden administration. Sherrilyn Ifill stepping down from NAACP Legal Defense Fund 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The exonerations of Muhammad A. Aziz, 83, and Khalil Islam, who died in 2009, would come 56 years after the fiery civil rights leader’s murder on the stage of Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom. Two men convicted of role in Malcolm X assassination to be exonerated Thursday 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z A senior US prosecutor says two men convicted of the murder in 1965 of the US civil rights leader Malcolm X are to have their convictions quashed. Malcolm X's 1965 assassination: Convictions of two men to be quashed 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “If it comes back not guilty, I would leave town for at least three days. Not guilty would open the flood gates,” said Perry, the local civil rights leader. Call to remove Black pastors adds to agony in Arbery’s town 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The assassination of the civil rights leader in 1968 crystallized Jones’s desire to help people in need. Perspective | At Bread for the City, they hope to meet immediate needs — and future ones 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z We started working with civil rights leaders and we got really hands-on with that. Why the future of work is the future of travel, with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z “They were robbed of their freedom in the prime of their lives and branded the killers of a towering civil rights leader.” Two men convicted of role in Malcolm X assassination to be exonerated Thursday 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z On Monday, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson came to the courtroom and sat between Mr. Arbery’s parents, prompting a second effort from Mr. Gough to ban the prominent civil rights leaders from the proceedings. Judge Rejects Call for Mistrial in Case Against Men Accused of Killing Arbery 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z And so she hung her hopes on the upcoming gala featuring a keynote speech by Alveda King, an antiabortion activist and a niece of the slain civil rights leader. What happens when people in Texas can’t get abortions: ‘Diapers save a lot more babies than ultrasounds’ 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z And so she hung her hopes on the upcoming gala featuring a keynote speech by Alveda King, an anti-abortion activist and a niece of the slain civil rights leader. What happens when people in Texas can’t get abortions: ‘Diapers save a lot more babies than ultrasounds’ 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z “It says something that has been long part of the racist mind-set, that Blackness equals intimidation,” said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, another civil rights leader who visited the courthouse this week. Lawyer for Man Accused of Killing Ahmaud Arbery Draws Scrutiny 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Sharpton, a Black civil rights leader, said he attended Wednesday at the invitation of Arbery’s parents and also held a prayer vigil outside. Lawyer for Arbery’s family on objection to Black pastors in court: ‘We are going to bring 100′ 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z While police say the initial investigation indicates the shooting was justified, King’s relatives and civil rights leaders on Thursday pressed for a more thorough probe. Family, activists seek answers in Black Missouri man’s death 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It is one of six new ships to be named after famed US civil rights leaders. Harvey Milk: US Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z “The great M.L.K. said, ‘You have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense,’” he added, paraphrasing the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Aaron Rodgers Lashes Out About N.F.L.’s Vaccine Requirements 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z “This happened because of a backlash against what happened last year,” said Bernice King, the daughter of the the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who runs Atlanta’s King Center. After Virginia, GOP amplifies debate over race and education 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Already, there have been protests, including one in which civil rights leaders, including King contemporary the Rev. James Lawson Jr., descended on City Hall last week. Column: A fight for Ridley-Thomas is a fight for voting rights? Call it the MLK strategy 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The 80-year-old civil rights leader visited the Washington campus this week to meet with university administrators and support students who have been protesting housing conditions, lack of representation and tuition costs. Rev. Jesse Jackson released from hospital after fall at Howard University 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The civil rights leader entered a campus building, fell and hit his head. Jesse Jackson out of hospital after Howard University fall 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The civil rights leader sought the Democratic presidential nomination twice in the 1980s, but fell short of becoming the first Black nominee of a major party. U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson in hospital with injury 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The 80-year-old Chicago civil rights leader was entering a campus building when he fell and hit his head, according to Jackson spokesman Frank Watkins. Jesse Jackson hospitalized after fall at Howard University 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The long-awaited report was the culmination of years of scrutiny from civil rights leaders who have accused the giant of profiting off hate and allowing its platform to be abused by politicians. Former Facebook auditor says whistleblower’s claims have ‘revived’ civil rights concerns 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z He concedes that Malcolm, who had recently split with the Nation of Islam, was his “brother,” but wouldn’t call the civil rights leader a friend. Muhammad Ali Has Long Had Book and Film Appeal 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “I know the progress hasn’t been fast enough,” Biden told hundreds of people gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the massive granite monument to the civil rights leader assassinated in 1968. Biden urges patience amid stalemate on voting rights, police reform 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But unlike the Black civil rights leader or India’s pacifist icon, Mr. al-Sadr has overseen an armed militia that has waxed and waned but never entirely gone away. After Iraqi Election, a Shiite Leader Emerges as an Unlikely U.S. Ally 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z He arrived at an event alongside Vice President Kamala Harris with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander civil rights leaders 45 minutes late. The late show, with Joe Biden: The president on average is more than 20 minutes tardy for his events 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Du Bois died in his Cantoments home on 27 August 1963, a day before the famous March on Washington, at which US civil rights leader Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream" speech. Ghana’s role in honouring a US civil rights hero 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z His membership in the Nation of Islam put him at odds with the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Opposition to the war in Vietnam later made them allies. Muhammad Ali Has Long Had Book and Film Appeal 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Historians believe King’s experiences in Connecticut influenced his decision to become a minister and civil rights leader. Former tobacco field where MLK Jr worked to be preserved 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Arkansas will soon replace both its statues with ones of music artist Johnny Cash and civil rights leader Daisy Bates. America’s 50,000 monuments: More mermaids than congresswomen, more Confederates than abolitionists 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z At Middleton Place, it began with Earl Middleton, a noted civil rights leader and Tuskegee Airman from Orangeburg, S.C., who in 1997 became the first Black descendant asked to join Middleton Place’s board of trustees. ‘These are our ancestors’: Descendants of enslaved people are shifting plantation tourism 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The president’s handling of the crisis has drawn sharp condemnations from civil rights leaders, including some who have been Biden allies. U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns, says he will not be associated with ‘inhumane, counterproductive’ deportations of Haitians 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z R Kelly's lawyer has compared him to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in the closing argument of the singer's sex-trafficking trial. R Kelly lawyer compares him to Martin Luther King 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The civil rights leaders noted the debt Democrats owe to Black voters who made the difference in key wins for the party in 2020. Civil rights groups blast Congress for failing to enact policing changes 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z And Virginia will replace yet another statue of Lee with one of civil rights leader Barbara Johns. America’s 50,000 monuments: More mermaids than congresswomen, more Confederates than abolitionists 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The removal and dismantling of the bronze statue was celebrated by civil rights leaders. South Carolina Supreme Court upholds law banning removal, renaming of war memorials 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The civil rights leader and his wife, Jacqueline, were first hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital last month. Jackson released from Chicago facility after COVID recovery 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z In cities throughout the South, funeral directors often supplied the limousines for visiting civil rights leaders when they came to rally supporters. Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “In the 2020 election, voters came out in record numbers to support candidates who promised meaningful police accountability,” the civil rights leaders said. Civil rights groups blast Congress for failing to enact policing changes 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z While redistricting will be the left’s next uphill battle in Texas, voting rights groups and civil rights leaders pledged to continue fighting the new voting law. Abbott Signs Texas Election Law, Ending a Fierce Voting Rights Battle 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The new documentary “Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali” recalls the mutual admiration shared by the civil rights leader and the boxing legend. What’s on TV This Week: 'Impeachment,' NFL kickoff, Sept. 11 specials and more 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The Rev. Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, was transferred recently to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving treatment for a breakthrough covid-19 infection. U.S. Navy declares five missing sailors dead after their helicopter crashes into Pacific Ocean 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Later, he worked with the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. to rename a boulevard for the slain civil rights leader. Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Rev. Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, was transferred recently to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving treatment for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. Jesse Jackson’s wife headed home from hospital after COVID 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Democrats, voting rights groups and civil rights leaders had furiously opposed the Texas bill, called Senate Bill 1, arguing that its impact would fall disproportionately on Black and Latino voters. Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Rev. Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, was transferred last week to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving treatment for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. Jesse Jackson’s wife out of ICU, still on oxygen for COVID 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z A daughter of the late civil rights leader, Bernice King, led the march in Atlanta. Voting rights advocates rally for stronger elections laws 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The “March On for Voting Rights” will be led by civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Protesters to march in Washington, U.S. cities for voting rights 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, is vaccinated against the virus. Jesse Jackson moves to rehab hospital, wife in ICU for COVID 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In the decades that followed, Ebony and Jet were arguably the foremost chroniclers of Black entertainers, civil rights leaders, athletes, writers and businesspeople. Ebony returns to chronicle a new moment 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali Documentary about the friendship between the civil rights leader and the heavyweight boxer. Virtually every movie coming to theaters or streaming this fall 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Rangel and Percy E. Sutton, the former Manhattan borough president and a civil rights leader, were the other members of the group. Hochul Picks State Senator Brian Benjamin as Lieutenant Governor 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z “I’m doing fairly well,” the civil rights leader said. Jesse Jackson: Doing ‘fairly well’ in hospital for COVID 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z His works are a wide-ranging assortment that includes paintings of athletes, civil rights leaders, Egyptian Queen Nefertiti and the late rapper Tupac Shakur. Cleared to earn money, college athletes tap creative sides 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “Al, I’m telling you this is all a setup. You know setups when you hear them,” Cuomo said, according to the civil rights leader. How Cuomo’s flexing of political power became his undoing 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z He had marched earlier in the week with prominent civil rights leaders including the Revs. 26 protesters arrested outside Reagan National Airport while demanding voting rights legislation 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The Poor People’s Campaign held a demonstration Monday with clergy and low-wage workers where prominent civil rights leaders the Revs. Democratic lawmakers rally in D.C. to demand the passage of voting rights legislation 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “May his legacy live on,” the civil rights leader said on Twitter. Funeral service for rapper Biz Markie held in New York 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, the founder of the Poor People’s Campaign and a prominent civil rights leader, urged Mr. Biden to wield his influence. Democrats’ Divide on Voting Rights Widens as Biden Faces Pressure 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Macron described the world of “institutionalized inequality” that Jackson grew up in and that shaped his future as a civil rights leader. French president honors US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Unlike many Southern civil rights leaders, and despite her organization’s name, Richardson did not demand a nonviolent response. Gloria Richardson, Uncompromising Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 99 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z When she was summoned to the White House, she later recalled warning the attorney general, Robert F. Kennedy, that it would be fruitless to make deals with King or other major civil rights leaders. Gloria Richardson, fiery civil rights activist in Maryland showdown, dies at 99 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Among establishments lining the street is the Woolworth downtown building, where Lewis and other Black civil rights leaders defiantly sat at the segregated lunch counter that wouldn’t serve them in 1960. Biden, Harris: Protect voting rights to honor John Lewis 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z But Carlson seemed strangely detached, according to two of the civil rights leaders who were present. How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Biden met last week with civil rights leaders who pushed him to keep fighting on the voting issue despite Republican resistance. In visit to Philadelphia, Biden pushing for stalled voting rights law 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z He and Harris, who is leading the administration’s efforts on voting rights, met last week with some of the civil rights leaders, who made clear that they expected a legislative solution. In long-awaited speech, Biden to decry voting restrictions 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Immediately after the Georgetown address, civil rights leaders, academics, journalists and consumer groups panned the speech, saying political lies had the potential to foment violence. Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z While several of the civil rights leaders described Biden as one of their allies, they also pressed him to do more, speak louder and make voting rights a central priority. Civil rights leaders dial up pressure on White House to protect voting rights 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z It was a July day in 2003 in Ghana, and Carlson stood alongside some of America’s most prominent civil rights leaders. How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Biden is also scheduled to meet with the civil rights leaders at the White House to discuss voting rights and policing legislation. Biden to address U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Taliban make gains 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z “We don’t live in theory,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights leader who has known Mr. Adams for decades, pointing to the rise in shootings in cities across the country. Eric Adams, Once a Political Outsider, Conquers the Inside Game 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Police responded to a report of a black swastika spray-painted onto the statue of the civil rights leader in the city’s eponymous park about 3:15 p.m. Long Beach officials condemn vandalism of Martin Luther King statue 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard. 100 shot, including 2 police officers, in Chicago over holiday weekend 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The civil rights leaders prayed, cried and sang “We Shall Overcome.” How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Virginia, for example, recalled its statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, last year and plans to replace it with one of the civil rights leader Barbara Johns. House Votes to Purge Confederate Statues From the Capitol 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Some civil rights leaders, including those who practiced nonviolence as a political strategy, found ways to circumvent discriminatory gun licensing for self-defense purposes. Review | The long tension between the Second Amendment and Black gun ownership 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z A short drive away is the old Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Confederate leader’s Memphis past erased with body’s removal 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z He met with a group of prominent civil rights leaders in subsequent days and pledged to continue talking about a way forward on voting rights. Manchin outlines demands on voting legislation, creating an opening for potential Democratic compromise 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It is the first new federal holiday created by Congress since 1983, when lawmakers voted to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day after a 15-year fight to commemorate the assassinated civil rights leader. Congress votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in Texas in 1865. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The civil rights leader declined to predict a “doomsday scenario” in which Black voters abandon congressional Democrats in the midterms for not taking action, saying, “Congress must act to protect us.” ‘We need more’: Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader, held a rally on Saturday with several leading candidates to encourage people to vote early. Early Voting Begins in Wide-Open Race for New York Mayor 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a number of civil rights leaders in the city, including Jesse Jackson, appeared at the news conference to denounce the sentiments allegedly expressed by Chwiesiuk, an officer for two years. Chicago officer charged in Jan. 6 riot wore a police sweatshirt to the Capitol, U.S. alleges 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Manchin hosted a Zoom meeting Monday with several Republican senators and some civil rights leaders, according to a person familiar with the meeting, which was first reported by Politico. Manchin outlines demands on voting legislation, creating an opening for potential Democratic compromise 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z There was a well-regarded Black school, and a business district that boasted doctors, a dentist, the law offices of noted civil rights leader William J. Durham, a hotel, a drugstore, a hardware store and more. In Texas, a struggle to memorialize a brutal lynching as resistance grows to teaching historical racism 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z But asked whether talking to the civil rights leaders — who included the heads of the NAACP, the National Urban League and other groups — had changed his views, the senator said they had not. Sen. Manchin steadfast in opposition to voting rights bill after meeting with civil rights leaders 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Please tell me Manchin wasn’t singing “We Shall Overcome” the same day he published an OpEd about why he won’t vote to defend the voting rights civil rights leaders fought & died for. Joe Manchin to face critics in meeting with Black civil rights leaders on voting – live 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover took it as a personal attack and embarked on a vendetta against the civil rights leader. What's on TV Tuesday: 'America's Book of Secrets'; the season finale of New Amsterdam' 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Others said they wanted to increase the pressure on Manchin, who is scheduled to meet with civil rights leaders Tuesday. After Manchin move, Democrats’ voting long shot grows longer 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z And activists who once accused legacy civil rights leaders and organizations of being too mainstream and detached from the masses are now facing those same criticisms. Black Lives Matter Has Grown More Powerful, and More Divided 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z According to interviews with several of the civil rights leaders who participated, the discussion was indeed courteous and substantive. Sen. Manchin steadfast in opposition to voting rights bill after meeting with civil rights leaders 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Public meetings about the project have been jam packed, with most opposed, including longtime civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis Jr., who criticized the project as environmental racism. An educational haven for Black children during segregation makes endangered places list 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Even some of Manchin’s Democratic colleagues are beginning to prod him more aggressively to join their cause, while activists and civil rights leaders are loudly decrying his hesitation. Pressure mounts on Manchin as ‘panic’ sets in among Democrats over voting rights 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton, National Urban League President Marc Morial and other civil rights leaders will be meeting with Manchin in Washington to discuss voting rights and other pieces of the legislative agenda. After Manchin move, Democrats’ voting long shot grows longer 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Service in World War II and later in Korea were crucibles for future civil rights leaders. Opinion | Service, patriotism and the promise of Black liberation 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Republicans hashed out a final version behind closed doors late last week over the objections of Democrats, civil rights leaders and business executives, who said the measure targets voters of color. Texas Democrats block restrictive voting bill by walking off the floor to deny GOP-majority House a quorum 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Ms. Hardin joined national and regional civil rights leaders in calling for the troopers involved in her son’s death to be fired and face criminal charges. Ronald Greene’s Mother Calls for Troopers to Be Charged in His Death 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z He said Biden committed to discussing the topic more in an upcoming meeting with civil rights leaders that organizers are seeking to schedule. Pressure mounts on Manchin as ‘panic’ sets in among Democrats over voting rights 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The activist Cornel West once described Obama as“a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs,” while civil rights leader Jesse Jackson criticized him for “acting like he’s white.” The complex role of Kamala Harris amid India’s anguish 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z At the meeting on May 6 with Harris, civil rights leaders noted they were surprised by how corporations have spoken out against voting laws in some states. Democrats search for a strategy to combat GOP voting laws 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z And many city residents — as well as nationally prominent civil rights leaders and attorneys — are demanding full release of the footage. Family to see more footage of North Carolina deputy shooting 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z “A trailblazing, record-breaking baseball player, civil rights leader and champion for youth sports and well-being, Willie Mays is a civic legend and national treasure,” she tweeted. Nancy Pelosi whiffs birthday tweet with photo of Willie McCovey instead of Willie Mays 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday that he and other civil rights leaders plan to meet with Manchin next week to talk about the importance of supporting Democrats’ voting legislation. Pressure mounts on Manchin as ‘panic’ sets in among Democrats over voting rights 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z And many city residents — as well as nationally prominent civil rights leaders and attorneys — are demanding a full release of the footage over concerns that the shooting was unjustified and that Brown was "executed." Andrew Brown Jr. shooting: Judge limits body camera footage that family can see 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z A small group of civil rights leaders gathered at Vice President Kamala Harris’ ceremonial office last week, discussing how to combat a wave of new Republican-backed laws restricting voting in several states. Democrats search for a strategy to combat GOP voting laws 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z And many city residents - as well as nationally prominent civil rights leaders and attorneys - are demanding full release of the footage over concerns that the shooting was unjustified and that Brown was “executed.” Judge limits footage that family can see of deputy shooting 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z And many city residents — as well as nationally prominent civil rights leaders and attorneys — are demanding full release of the footage over concerns that the shooting was unjustified and that Brown was “executed.” Judge limits footage that family can see of deputy shooting 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z But as calls from lawmakers, civil rights leaders and even Facebook’s own employees grew to rein in Mr. Trump on social media, Mr. Zuckerberg declined to act. Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network’s Ban of Trump 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Heath Justus, 31, was arrested at a park in Hendersonville on April 28 after witnesses spotted him drawing on the image of the civil rights leader, news outlets reported Monday, citing Police Chief Blair Myhand. Man accused of defacing MLK image gets intimidation charge 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Brown’s family asked Sharpton to deliver the eulogy because they felt the civil rights leader would properly honor his legacy. Mourners gathering Monday for funeral of Andrew Brown Jr. 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The targeting and surveillance of Black civil rights leaders then are echoed today in the FBI’s recent practice of labeling Black Lives Matter activists “Black Identity Extremists,” he said. Did a Black undercover NYPD detective unwittingly aid Malcolm X’s assassination? 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z But the civil rights leader nonetheless highlighted the hope of many liberals that Harris would be a high-level ally. 100 days in, Harris tries to move from history-maker to Biden’s heir apparent 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The civil rights leader delivered the eulogy last week for Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed by a police officer in Minnesota. Andrew Brown Jr. funeral set for Monday with Sharpton eulogy 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z And despite fierce criticism from civil rights leaders and growing concern from business leaders who are traditional allies, many Republicans see no problem. Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z But the reaction of civil rights leaders such as King was remarkable. Opinion | How to confront systemic racism? Heed the call of Martin Luther King. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The agency shared information with the FBI to undermine and discredit Black civil rights leaders. Did a Black undercover NYPD detective unwittingly aid Malcolm X’s assassination? 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z The Reverend Al Sharpton, a veteran civil rights leader, is set to deliver the eulogy at the Shiloh Temple International Ministries, just as he did at Mr Floyd's funeral last year. Daunte Wright: Hundreds attend Minneapolis funeral of man shot by police 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z He said he’s also working with local clergy and North Carolina civil rights leaders including the Rev. William Barber II, the leader of the Poor People’s Campaign to draw attention to racial injustice. Andrew Brown Jr. funeral set for Monday with Sharpton eulogy 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Dozens of people testified in support of Bonta’s appointment, including labor and civil rights leaders and advocates for criminal justice reform. Rob Bonta is confirmed as California attorney general 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z “They have skills that I do not have,” Mr. Garland told civil rights leaders last week. Justice Dept. Opens Broad Inquiry Into Minneapolis Police 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of resistance, not just from the Republicans, but also Democrats who are deemed vulnerable,” said Angela Rye, a civil rights leader and former top aide to the Congressional Black Caucus. Chauvin verdict injects a fresh jolt of momentum into police overhaul efforts 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Another veteran civil rights leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, is attending the funeral, as is Ben Crump, the lawyer representing the families of both Mr Wright and Mr Floyd. Daunte Wright: Hundreds attend Minneapolis funeral of man shot by police 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Wright will be laid to rest on Thursday, with a eulogy from civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton. Fatal police shooting of Black teenager in Columbus sparks new outcry 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader who eulogized Floyd at his Minneapolis funeral last year, will also deliver the eulogy at Wright’s funeral. Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The verdict was hailed across the country by civil rights leaders and honking motorists. Derek Chauvin Verdict Brings a Rare Rebuke of Police Conduct 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z As family members and civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke, activists took to the street holding “Black Lives Matter” signs and chanting Floyd’s name. Floyd’s family members celebrate verdict, vow to fight on for racial justice 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z He was a “complicated” figure, Kendrick said, one whose political alliances didn’t always align with other civil rights leaders of the time. How a broken painting captured Jackie Robinson’s unbreakable spirit 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z But the Rev. Floyd Rose, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader, reminded the Black board members that Black voters had put them there and urged them to reaffirm their decision. Trouble in Titletown 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z In 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit. Today in History 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Mayor Brandon Scott has endorsed the strategy, as have law enforcement and civil rights leaders who say prosecuting misdemeanors diverts resources needed to stem violence and punishes disproportionate numbers of Black people. In crime-battered Baltimore, a halt to some drug and prostitution prosecutions is causing fresh anxiety 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z |
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