Is genocide a reality for the black man in America?
ROGER CALDWELL There is something wrong in America when black youth are throwing rocks, bricks, and bottles at a police force that have weapons of …
Posts in category Civil Rights
Colin Kaepernick is a great American
LUCIUS GANTT Colin Kaepernick is getting hate far and wide because of his response to questions about why he did not rise during the playing …
NBA, NBPA send players memo seeking ideas for social changes
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI – NBA players are being urged to reach out to league and union officials to try and come …
Justice Dept. focuses on police treatment of mentally ill
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON – Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up …
Experts say white supremacists see Trump as ‘last stand’
By PAUL HOLSTON Associated Press WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his campaign are expressing ideas similar to those espoused by white supremacists, …
Residents reflect on race relations under Obama
By GEORGE BRENNAN Cape Cod Times HYANNIS, Mass. – Jesse Barboza remembers looking at the photographs of American presidents on the wall of his teacher’s …
Report critical of zero tolerance
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON – To supporters, zero-tolerance policing has long represented a logical crime-fighting approach: Crack down on minor infractions before they …
Oklahoma’s first black state senator, Melvin Porter, dies at 86
By DANIEL C. HOUSTON Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s first black state senator, one of the state’s most prominent civil rights leaders, died at …
Black Lives supporters seek backing from other minorities
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK – The latest deaths of black people at the hands of police led Jaime Sunwoo to undertake something …
First black Florida Supreme Court chief justice dies at 85
TALLAHASSEE -Leander Shaw, who served as the Florida Supreme Court’s first African-American chief justice, died early Monday after a lengthy illness, the court announced. He …