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Remembering Hattie B. Dorsey: Atlanta civil rights, equitable housing leader
FOX 5 Atlanta· 7 days agoAtlanta is mourning the passing of civil rights activist and community development leader Hattie B....
ACLU Argues Minors Are ‘Harmed’ By Law Requiring Parental Consent For Abortions
IJR· 2 hours agoThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report Thursday arguing that a Michigan law...
NAACP withdraws from West End TIF board - Louisville Business First
The Business Journals· 2 hours agoNAACP President Raoul Cunningham sent a letter to the West End Opportunity Partnership (WEOP) board...
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
theGrio via AOL· 1 day agoJust 1% of investment partners were Black women, according to study, which surveyed of 315 firms with 5,700 employees representing $594.5 billion in assets under management. But in his statement ...
Tulsa Chautauqua features historic figures prominent in the civil rights era
Tulsa World· 5 days agoPeoria Ave. “Lift Every Voice: 60 Years Since the Civil Rights Act” will feature five scholars...
Remembering Jasper civil rights leader Booker T. Hunter
KFDM Beaumont· 2 days agoA longtime Jasper civil rights activist has died.Booker T. Hunter was one of the original organizers...
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
WXIA-TV Atlanta· 6 hours agoThe case against the Fearless Fund was brought last year by the American American Alliance for Equal...
Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program challenged by lawsuit from a conservative activist...
KOAM· 3 hours agoThe lawsuit, filed last month, against the city of Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, alleges the program’s requirement that applicants state whether they and their ancestors identify ...
Pioneer of Atlanta affordable housing, civil rights activist Hattie Dorsey passes away
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 7 days agoHattie B. Dorsey founded the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership in 1991.
Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
Knoxville News Sentinel· 1 day agoPeople of a certain age who grew up in Memphis know all too well about Sputnik Monroe, the...