Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, (D-Atlanta). (AP Photo/Stephen Morton) State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) is set to propose a resolution imploring the State of Georgia to formally apologize for its […]
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Despite Flawed Legal Defense, Ga. Executes Mentally Disabled Black Man
This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Robert Wayne Holsey. Holsey is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, Dec. 9. A jury in February […]
Supreme Court: Employees Not Entitled to Earn Pay During Mandatory Security Screenings
One of Amazon’s newest distribution centers in Tracy, Calif., is seen during a tour Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. This Amazon Fulfillment Center opened in 2013 and was refitted to use […]
New ‘Driving While Black’ App Joins Line of Similar Apps Aiming to Assist
This undated handout photo shows creators of the Driving While Black app in Portland, Ore., from left, software developer James Pritchett, lawyers Mariann Hyland and Melvin Oden-Orr. Hyland and Oden-Orr […]
Study: Grad Rates at HBCUs Are Disappointingly Low
A recent analysis of Black graduation rates at a large group of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education found at least […]
Sharpton’s National March Against Police Violence
WASHINGTON — Civil Rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton has taken the case of the Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y., grand juries’ decisions not to prosecute police in the […]
NY Attorney General Stepping into Cop Cases
Valerie Bell, of New York, mother of Sean Bell who was killed by police in 2006, participates in a protest outside the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, […]
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Weighs In On Release of Federal Racial Profiling Guidance by US Department of Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. Following the Department of Justice’s release yesterday of new racial profiling guidance, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) issued the following statement: “The Lawyers’ […]
ColorofChange.org Statement on Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice New Policing Guidelines
ColorofChange.org “Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement is an important recognition of the harm and indignity of racial profiling and the many different ways law enforcement target and abuse Black, brown, […]
159 Arrested in Third Night of California Protests
Protesters block an Amtrak passenger train in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Hundreds of people marched through downtown Berkeley Monday in reaction to the grand jury decisions not to […]
2nd Night of Berkeley Protest Turns Violent Again
This photo provided by Gabriel Reyes shows the protest in Berkeley, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 7. 2014. Three officers and a technician were hurt and six people arrested in Northern California […]
Black Media Association Files $10 Billion Suit Against AT&T, DirecTV
The National Association of African American Owned Media filed a $10 billion lawsuit Dec. 3 against AT&T and DirecTV for alleged racial discrimination in their contracting. “It is appalling, deeply […]