He says Rep. Lewis should “spend more time on fixing and helping his district.”
The new legislation will allow civil rights cold cases that happened prior to 1970 to be reopened.
Former Black Panther Sekou Odinga and Black Lives Matter activist Larry Fellows may come from different Black liberation movements, but both understand that to truly celebrate Black History Month, we must dig deeper.
America has lost a warrior of the Civil Rights Movement. Amelia Boynton Robinson died today in Alabama of a massive stroke.
Voting rights advocates are urging lawmakers to restore voting protections reduced in a 2013 Supreme Court decision.
Fifty years ago, several hundred peaceful protesters marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to underscore the need for Black voting…
Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new…
Pharrell‘s infectious hit, “Happy,” from the soundtrack of the motion picture Despicable Me 2, has the whole world dancing around like a “room without a roof”…
Rep. John Lewis was arrested today (October 8) in Washington, D.C. during a march to the Capitol for immigration reform. Lewis was arrested during the Camino Americano: Rally and March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect, which was held on the National Mall. The civil rights icon was arrested with other members of Congress, including House […]
From the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial last Saturday, Rev. Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network “Realize The Dream” march aimed to channel the same energy of…
In one of the most emotionally charged moments of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington Saturday, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) electrified the crowd…
The 1965 March in Selma, Ala., also known as “Bloody Sunday,” has long been immortalized in lore via photos, articles, and other means of media.…
