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NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans’

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Civil rights groups warn tourists about traveling to Florida

The NAACP joined a Latino civil rights organization and a gay rights advocacy group in issuing travel advisories for the Sunshine State, where tourism is one of the state's largest job sectors.

WEKU

Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of ‘hostile’ laws

The NAACP warns in a statement that Florida ‘devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.’

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Mayor pushes plan to force homeless New Yorkers with mental illness to seek help

Former police captain Eric Adams says ‘there are more Jordan Neelys out there’ but proposals criticized by civil rights groups

The Guardian - US

NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans’

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of 'hostile' laws

The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws championed by Gov_ Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”

The Independent UK

Jim Irsay names his greatest five NFL players of all time in tribute to late Jim Brown

NFL legend Jim Brown passed away at the age of 87 and now Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has paid tribute to the Cleveland Browns icon and civil rights activist

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Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy

The star athlete, Hollywood pioneer and civil rights icon, who died on Thursday aged 87, was the paragon for an unflinching brand of masculinity that remained undiluted to the end

The Guardian - US

Jim Brown, football great, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 87

LOS ANGELES — Jim Brown, regarded by many as the greatest football player of all time who quit the game at the height of his career and became a successful Hollywood actor and influential activist at the peak of the civil rights era, has died at his home in Los…

Los Angeles Times

Jordan Neely was ‘screaming for help’, Al Sharpton says in funeral eulogy

Veteran civil rights activist says ‘what happened to Jordan was a crime’ as mourners gather to remember man, 30, killed on subway

The Guardian - US

Check your artificial intelligence 'bossware' tools for bias, says U.S. agency head

The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven “bossware” tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers can also run afoul of discrimination laws

The Independent UK

From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism

Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism.

The Conversation

The Nation of Islam: A brief history

May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little.

The Conversation

Chief Standing Bear, Native American civil rights icon, is honored on a postal stamp

A U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp now celebrates the Ponca chief, whose lawsuit led to a 1879 ruling that determined Native Americans were people with inherent rights under the law.

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The U.S. Constitution Clarifies The Consequences Of Discrimination In The Fourteenth Amendment

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson claimed that the Constitution didn't require government act as race based while

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Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

The Independent UK

US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp

A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait

The Independent UK

Man falsely accused of raping stepdaughter walks free after she spent 20 years insisting he didn’t do it

Patrick Brown was released from prison earlier this week in New Orleans

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Clash of styles as Colin Allred prepares to challenge Ted Cruz in 2024 race

The Dallas native, former NFL linebacker and civil rights lawyer has not traveled a typical path to Congress.

Axios

California AG launches civil rights probe into Antioch police after racist texts report

"We must ensure a culture of professionalism and zero tolerance for hateful or racist behavior, on or off duty," Rob Bonata said.

The Independent UK

Crump: Abuse victims set to sue Baltimore Archdiocese

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has announced plans to file a series of lawsuits on behalf of people he says suffered child sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests and other clergy in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Independent UK

$24M California settlement in death of man in police custody

Lawyers say California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody after screaming “I can’t breathe.”

The Texas Tribune

West Texas school district under federal investigation for punishing Black student

There are more than 60 open federal civil rights investigations into Texas schools.

The Independent UK

The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York

Through more than 200 years of service, the Sisters of Charity of New York have nursed Civil War casualties, joined civil rights and anti-war demonstrations, cared for orphans, and taught countless children

Reason

Brickbat: Like a Candle in the Wind

Facing a possible civil rights lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has backed off a threat to revoke the accreditation of Saint Francis Hospital South in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The agency had threatened to revoke the hospital's accreditation if it did not extinguish the candle burning in its…

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