Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday that the Justice Department will conduct a civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner.
A federal grand jury was scheduled on Wednesday to begin hearing the civil rights case against George Zimmerman in Orlando
The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said Wednesday.
Thousands attended Dr. Dorothy Height's funeral to remember the civil rights legend and National Council of Negro Women leader.
Dorothy Height, a longtime president of National Council of Negro Women, and an instrumental voice during the civil rights era has died.
