Tag: civil rights

Arthur Ashe, a former world No. 1 tennis player and humanitarian, was born July 10, 1943, in Richmond, Virginia. Ashe began his…

The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will launch a digital archive this fall to honor Bayard Rustin’s life and legacy, according…

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the U.S. to deport eight men to South Sudan, despite warnings they could face…

The Trump Justice Department has sued all 15 federal judges in Maryland over a court order pausing deportations for 48 hours if…

More than 85 protests are set up to erupt across the nation tomorrow from New York to Anchorage as part of the…

(AURN News) — The Cato Institute is raising alarm over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement program, saying that deportation efforts are targeting…

(AURN News) — For the first time in more than a century, the NAACP is refusing to invite the sitting U.S. president…

On June 17, 1957, the Tuskegee Boycott began. In response to a gerrymandering plan passed by the Alabama Legislature that targeted Black…

On June 13, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson, becoming the first Black…

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of allegedly interfering with immigration officers during a May 9 visit to…

“Where’s your decency, Mr. President? Stop. Rescind this order. It’s illegal and unconstitutional. I said it. I’ll say it again: It’s immoral.…

According to CBS News, the Navy plans to rename the USNS Harvey Milk — a ship honoring the slain gay rights icon…