HISTORICAL FACTS: 76 - The Untold Story

Kanye West compares himself to civil rights icon Emmett Till in 'lynching' rant

Kanye West has shared a graphic picture of Emmett Till's dead body on Instagram as he took aim at businessman Ari Emanuel following the closure of the rapper's Donda Academy

Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022

Men wrongly convicted of Malcolm X murder to receive $36 million from New York City and state

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam spent decades in prison after the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965.

Axios · Oct 31, 2022

Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond

WASHINGTON — Following last term's overturning of Roe v. Wade and an expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court's conservatives are moving now to sharply limit or strike down affirmative action at colleges and universities.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 30, 2022

Re-reading Justice Thurgood Marshall's Opinion in Bakke

In 1978, the Supreme Court issued its first significant affirmative action judgment in Bakke. The Court split 4-4-1. Four Justices argued that the 1964 Civil Rights Act barred the use of race in university admissions. Four justices contended that neither the Act nor the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited the use of…

Reason · Oct 26, 2022

Peers pay tribute to Baroness May Blood following death aged 84

Lady Blood was a peace activist, civil rights campaigner and trade unionist.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

EPA calls out environmental racism

The EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution

Salon · Oct 24, 2022

Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder

George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

Everyday people were civil rights heroes, too. This is the story of one town's fight

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

WEKU · Oct 23, 2022

Daniel Smith: One of the last children of enslaved Americans

Civil rights activist Daniel Smith grew up listening to his father’s brutal stories of bondage, experiences that drove the fierce pride and resilience he maintained until his death

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2022

‘Loudmouth’ shows Al Sharpton’s impact on the civil rights movement and his role as a voice for the Black community: ‘I’m the blow-up man’

CHICAGO — The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks this line in the documentary “Loudmouth,” the first on his legacy: “People call me to blow up issues. I’m the blow-up man and I don’t apologize for that.”

Chicago Tribune · Oct 21, 2022