Civil Rights News

… of gay marriage, Biden sought to draw parallels between civil rights for gays and African-Americans as he addressed a summit ..... commemorate half a decade since white police officers beat civil rights protesters who were fighting segregation in the South. Reflecting …

… Justice Department on Wednesday cleared Darren Wilson , the white former Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown, of federal civil rights charges in the death of the 18-year-old, who was black and unarmed. A St. Louis County grand jury also found no evidence …

Fifty years after covering the civil rights marches in Selma for CBS News, senior White House correspondent ..... ago, part of U.S. Rep. John Lewis ' tour of historic civil rights locations, and was struck by how much the community physically …

In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America's …

… Justice Department on Wednesday cleared Darren Wilson, the white former Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown, of federal civil rights charges in the death of the 18-year-old, who was black and unarmed. But a separate report released simultaneously found …

… rebukes from gay rights advocates and evoking comparisons to Alabama's defiance of federal authorities during the civil rights movement . The court set up a showdown with a Mobile, Alabama, federal judge this week when it ordered officials in the …

… has since resigned, had been expected. To win a federal civil rights case, officials would have needed to prove that Wilson willfully ..... has investigated roughly 20 police departments over alleged civil rights violations. Some have led to the appointment of independent …

… 86-page report Wednesday summarizing its reasons for not charging former officer Darren Wilson, who is white, with a federal civil - rights violation for the Aug. 9 shooting that sparked protests in the St. Louis area and across the nation. "Multiple credible …

… licenses as "purported." — IS THIS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ALABAMA FLOUTING THE FEDS? From the Civil War to the civil rights movement , the Alabama government has a long history of thumbing its collective nose at federal authorities. But disputes …

… the nation's largest Latino civil rights organization. LBJ had told him ..... and author of a book about the civil rights struggle in Texas, said. However ..... that sentiment by uttering the civil rights movement 's mantra, "we shall overcome …

… six-year tenure that focused largely on civil rights . The findings are based on interviews ..... officer who shot Brown, of federal civil rights charges. A state grand jury declined ..... department has conducted roughly 20 broad civil rights investigations of police departments …

… on a structure that's at once synonymous with the civil rights struggle and a tribute to a reputed Ku Klux Klan leader ..... said Gainey. The Rev. Joseph Lowery , a veteran civil rights leader , agrees the bridge's name should be changed to …

… for Meadows and a declaration that the Bureau of Land Management rangers used excessive force and violated Berghardt's civil rights . Bureau officials usually don't comment about cases with lawsuits pending. Agency spokesman Christopher Rose declined …

… report is made public. The Justice Department began the civil rights investigation following the August shooting of Michael Brown ..... four years." The department has conducted roughly 20 broad civil rights investigations of police departments during the tenure of …

… coming days as Attorney General Eric Holder, who has made civil rights a cornerstone of his six-year tenure, prepares to leave ..... grand jury in November — willfully deprived Brown of his civil rights by knowingly using more force than the law allowed. That's …

… of freedom of expression and civil rights issues in the United States ..... thinking about human rights, civil rights and other issues of justice ..... event and I see that the U.S. civil - rights movement is an inspiration to many Bahraini …

… coming days as Attorney General Eric Holder, who has made civil rights a cornerstone of his six-year tenure, prepares to leave ..... grand jury in November — willfully deprived Brown of his civil rights by knowingly using more force than the law allowed. That's …