FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 52 - Caught on Camera

Memoir by Beyoncé’s father Mathew Knowles to become feature film

The movie will be based on Racism from the Eyes of a Child – the pop mogul’s book about his early life in pre-civil rights Alabama

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling that threatens Voting Rights Act enforcement

Civil rights groups are appealing a federal court ruling that could make it harder to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act.

WEKU · Dec 11, 2023

$15M Jury Award to Doctor Who Claimed Anti-Male Bias in University Finding He Had Committed Sexual Assault

From the Philadelphia Inquirer (Wendy Ruderman) Thursday: A federal jury found Thursday that Thomas Jefferson University conducted a gender-biased investigation into allegations that former Rothman Orthopaedic Institute surgeon John Abraham raped a former medical resident. After a four-day civil trial in U.S. District Court, jurors determined that Jefferson's leadership violated…

Reason · Dec 11, 2023

Freshman Jackson offers bill to boost USDA civil rights efforts - Roll Call

Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, the son of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, introduces legislation to address discrimination at USDA.

Roll Call · Dec 4, 2023

Longstreet: the Confederate general who switched sides on race

Elizabeth Varon considers how Robert E Lee’s lieutenant came to work for civil rights and fight white supremacist violence

The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2023

Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2023

Chicago wrongly limited affordable housing with aldermanic prerogative, HUD says

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is being asked to enter talks for an “informal resolution” of an almost five-year civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 28, 2023

Maryland Roommates File Lawsuit After Police Shot Their Dog During Alleged Illegal Home Search

Officers barged into their house without a warrant, shot their dog, and mocked them, a federal civil rights lawsuit says.

Reason · Nov 28, 2023

Colman Domingo on Netflix biopic Rustin and rumoured turmoil on Euphoria: ‘A lot of young actors may not be up for the task’

The ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ actor is Oscar-tipped for his role as Bayard Rustin in the new civil rights drama. He speaks to Louis Chilton about why this brilliant gay activist was erased from the story of the 1963 March on Washington, why it was right to cast Tom Hanks…

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2023

Derek Chauvin, convicted of George Floyd’s murder, stabbed in federal prison

Former police officer given ‘life-saving measures’ after attack at prison in Arizona

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2023