Civil Rights News

… not now, not ever," Brown said. Brooks delivered the speech during a luncheon as part of a state conference for the civil rights organization's Colorado, Montana and Wyoming chapters, the Denver Post reported ( http://tinyurl.com/phcarsf …

… concerns remain too speculative to justify taking this case from Hungarian courts." Hamilton noted that African-American civil rights activists in the 1950s were similarly skeptical about U.S. courts, "Yet," he writes, "our courts by and large rose …

… airport stops. "He was detained because he had Arabic flashcards that said 'bomb' on them," said Craig Straw, chief of civil rights litigation in the city law department. "We're not going to let somebody leave until the investigation is completed …

… documentary about the late singer tracks her rise to fame, her struggles with mental illness, her activism during the civil rights movement , her move to Liberia where she left music behind and finally to France, where she regained her career. Legend …

Federal prosecutors should launch a civil rights probe into the 2013 death of a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate who was locked in his cell for six days without care or medication …

… led to a veto threat from President Barack Obama. The Obama administration and many congressional Democrats, as well as civil rights groups, have advocated for a strong federal role to ensure that states and districts are helping historically underserved …

… discriminate." Discrimination complaints to Colorado's Civil Rights Division , which is reviewing the matter, are confidential ..... a result, I filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division . Out of respect for the process, I will wait for …

… no point was Jerame Reid a threat and he possessed no weapon on his person," Walter Hudson, chairman and founder of the civil rights group the National Awareness Alliance, said Wednesday. "He complied with the officer and the officer shot him." A Philadelphia …

… Wednesday appeared at times to side with the administration and civil rights groups during arguments over the reach of the landmark Fair ..... impact," Scalia told Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller. Civil rights organizations have speculated that conservatives on the court …

… three states to jointly celebrate King, the black civil - rights leader , and Lee, the white Confederate general, on the ..... attended a day of service honoring King and called the civil - rights leader someone who inspired others to make tough, but …

… complained that the law led to teaching to the test and too much test preparation, but supporters of the mandate such as civil rights and business groups said it's a critical way to ensure that historically underserved groups of students are learning before …

… who is black. "It's not about being diverse. It's about being true to the world." His show comes 15 years after civil rights groups, galvanized by a lineup of new network series almost entirely devoid of minority characters, sought and ultimately …

… Alabama , to commemorate the 50th anniversary of historic civil rights marches across the state. The White House says the March ..... the Edmund Pettus Bridge where white police officers beat civil rights protesters in 1965. The marches and signing of the Voting …

… of the NAACP in 1999 when that organization joined other civil rights groups to step up the pressure on the networks to diversify ..... the NAACP's status as the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group, reinforced by an industry misconception that the …

The 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches in Selma and the movie that tells the story ..... Selma," and see a monument and museum dedicated to civil rights martyrs. The Civil Rights Memorial includes three victims featured in the movie …

… was held the following day). In 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990, actress Barbara Stanwyck died in Santa Monica, California, at age 82. Ten years …

… Monday, the national holiday celebrating the slain civil rights leader , the team sent out a Twitter message that said ..... it was not the intent to equate football to "the civil rights legacy of Dr. King." On Sunday, the Seahawks came …