Posts in category Civil Rights

Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief proposes to remove the statute of Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A Florida …

Can NFL teams legally fire football players who take a knee, as Trump called for in Alabama? PHOTO COURTESY OF QUARTZ By ARNIE STAPLETON AP …

President Donald Trump meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. PHOTO COURTESY OF GO.COM By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press WASHINGTON – On the …

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort the Little Rock Nine students into the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By …

PHOTO COURTESY OF YESHIVA WORLD TWITTER EXPLAINS WHY TRUMP NORTH KOREA TWEET WASN’T REMOVED WASHINGTON (AP) – Twitter cited President Donald Trump’s “newsworthiness” and the …

Emilie Townes PHOTO COURTESY OF RELIGION NEWS SERVICE By KIMBERLY WINSTON Religion News Service Watching the civil rights protests on television as a child, Emilie …

Timothy Davis’ mugshot, taken after police were filmed kicking and punching him during an arrest in a Columbus, Ohio convenience store on Sept. 1, 2017. …

A Confederate flag flies near the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia. It has been taken down. PHOTO COURTESY OF WABE By MEG KINNARD Associated Press …

Francis Eppes statue on the campus of Florida State University. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA ALESSANDRA SHURINA Tallahassee Democrat TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The campaign to remove …

In this March 12, 1961 photo, members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) picket outside McCrory’s Department store in New Orleans to protest the …