Tag: civil rights

According to The New York Times, President Donald Trump said in an interview that civil rights-era protections led to white people being…

Minnesota State is now suing the Trump Administration. Attorney General Keith Ellison held a press conference. “We allege that the surge reckless…

(AURN News) — “Now is the time for the nation to come together and make its voice heard before it’s too late.”…

Rod Paige, the first Black U.S. secretary of education and the architect behind No Child Left Behind, has died at 92. Appointed…

(AURN News) — Viola Ford Fletcher — the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — has died at 111,…

(AURN News) — A federal appeals court has halted a sweeping lower-court ruling that sought to sharply restrict how immigration agents can…

(AURN News) — A federal court has delivered a seismic blow to President Donald Trump’s push to lock in Republican control of…

(AURN News) — On this day 65 years ago — Nov. 14, 1960 — 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black child…

(AURN News) — On this day in 1957, 34-year-old Charlie Sifford made history as the first African American to win a major…

(AURN News) — On this day in 1983, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his historic run for president of…

On this day 60 years ago, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” was published — a landmark book that continues to shape conversations…

(AURN News) — Black students are disappearing from America’s most elite campuses. An Associated Press analysis finds that since the Supreme Court’s…