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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The Rev. T. J. Jemison, a longtime Louisiana pastor and civil rights leader, has died. He was 95. Jemison’s son, …

NEW YORK  — Kerry Washington’s turn as host of Saturday Night Live last week gave that television institution something it hasn’t seen much lately: a …

NEW YORK – Barneys and Macy’s, two of the country’s top upscale department stores, are facing lawsuits over alleged racial profiling.  

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s last surviving Tuskegee Airman, Joseph Philip Gomer of Duluth, has died. He was 93. His daughter, Phyllis Douglass, of Claremont, Calif., …

DETROIT — Maxine Powell, who was responsible for developing the charm, grace and style of Motown Records’ artists during the Detroit label’s 1960s heyday, died …

ATLANTA – Evelyn Lowery, a pioneer in civil rights and women’s empowerment and the wife of the Rev. Joseph Lowery, died Sept. 26 at her …

ATLANTA (AP) – A public viewing ceremony has been scheduled for civil rights and women’s empowerment pioneer, Evelyn Lowery. Lowery, was the wife of civil …

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its contentious stop-and-frisk policy …

HALLE, Germany — Karamba Diaby makes his way through the historic heart of Halle with the speed of a seasoned politician: slowly. More than two …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday demanded an apology from longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for comparing the state’s struggle …