Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Council for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. (Courtesy Photo) Grand Jury Fails to Indict Three Louisville Metro Police Department Officers for Killing of Breonna Taylor; Indicts One Officer for Wanton Endangerment in Shooting into Neighboring Apartment Today, a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, indicted only one of the three police officers […]
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100 Days of Discrimination, 100 Days of Defiance
Donald Trump has only been in office for 100 days, but in that brief time, his administration has shown an alarming hostility to civil rights and the rule of law. Although the Trump Administration is still young, it is not too early to declare it a real danger to the well-being of Black Americans. Sherrilyn […]
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A Shameful Decision on Voting by the Supreme Court
The Voting Rights Act has been described as the “crown jewel” of civil rights legislation. Its passage was secured with the courage, grit and blood of activists throughout the south, like Fannie Lou Hamer who endured beating simply for trying to register to vote in Mississippi, Medgar Evers who was murdered by a White supremacist, […]
