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Black leaders commemorate 70 years of Brown v. Board with call to action
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSome of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th...
‘Shadow of segregation looms’ on 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 week agoRep. Al Green (D-Texas) was only 7 when the Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education...
"Deadlocked" director Dawn Porter: "This very radical conservative Supreme Court is not an accident"
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSupreme Court Justices Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images The foundation of America...
New wave of British heavy metal, Saxon, performs with Uriah Heep in Brown County
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 1 week agoIn the beginning, heavy metal rocker band Saxon outpaced even the legendary Iron Maiden and Def...
Connecticut civil rights pioneer to be honored on postage stamp
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 5 months agoConnecticut native Constance Baker Motley, considered a civil rights pioneer, will be featured on a United States postal service stamp. Motley, the first African American woman to argue a case ...
Meet the Black woman who argued South Carolina’s redistricting case before the Supreme Court
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDuring Leah Aden’s first oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a redistricting case that...
Can Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson save the Supreme Court? (Hint: The answer is maybe)
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: The notion that the new justice can save the court may seem preposterous. But her presence...
Column: Why aren't we talking more about the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision?
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 8 months ago"There is a debt to the Negro people which they can never repay. At least then, they must make...
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Rider wins final girls, boys games vs. rival Old High
Times Record News via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoTUESDAY’S GIRLS RESULTS RIDER 58, WFHS 14 Leading scorers: (Ri) Olivia Vanderburg 13. VERNON 83,...
A surprising history of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, once a leader in expanding civil rights...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman The U.S. Court of...