His family and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition released updated funeral arrangements that span Chicago, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Rainbow PUSH founder, died Feb. 17, 2026, after decades advancing racial and economic justice.
Richardson is one of nine people indicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
The arrests have press‑freedom advocates warning that the government is crossing a dangerous line.
Mr. Wronko explained that Dr. Jones was personal counsel, draft speech writer, and friend to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Legal Defense Fund is marking the five‑year anniversary of the Marshall‑Motley Scholars Program, an initiative created to train and support emerging civil rights lawyers who...
In partnership with Two River Theater, the center will present “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” on Saturday, January 10, at 3 p.m....
Viola Ford Fletcher, known as “Mother Fletcher,” the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died Monday at 111. Her grandson confirmed her death, noting...
Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in Queens, New York, on July 16, 1947, Shakur was raised in segregated Wilmington, North Carolina.
Johnson, 33, died around 8:30 a.m. at an apartment complex less than a mile from Canfield Drive.
