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Trailblazing Austin Judge Harriet Murphy, friend of MLK and Thurgood Marshall, has died
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJudge Harriet Mitchell Murphy, the first Black woman permanently appointed to a judgeship in Texas,...
Thurgood Marshall Was My Mentor. He’d Be Furious with the Court Today.
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis year marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The Supreme Court justice’s vision is betrayed daily in an America in which schools remain separate and unequal.
Bridges: Denied his vote, Texas dentist with civil rights officials filed case in court
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt often takes courage to stand up for a principle. Because of people who do, the world starts to...
African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than...
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom left to right: Poet and social activist Langston Hughes, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood...
El Paso County Attorney candidate: Sergio Saldivar
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEl Paso County Attorney candidate Sergio Saldivar - D Age: 56 Please describe your personal and professional background. I am an El Paso native, born and...
We Call Ourselves Sister Judges
Elle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe Call Ourselves Sister JudgesFaith Harrison TK caption.Faith Harrison On a smothering hot summer day in 2018, 19 Texas women—all of them Black, all of...
This Beyoncé-Approved Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Founded In 1969, Is Black-Led, -Owned, And...
AfroTech via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThis Black-owned Houston, TX, fast-food restaurant chain is Beyoncé-approved. USA Today reports the...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
Electoral College and popular vote to be explained at Columbia State program
Columbia Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoContinuing the theme “Democracy in America”, the African American Heritage Society of Maury County...
Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist recording of principal,...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Baltimore high school athletic director was arrested and charged Thursday with using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on a voice recording that included derogatory comments ...