Today in history: The Watts Uprising breaks out 50 years ago in Los Angeles
Widespread protest, spurred on by destitute residents of Watts who were embittered after years of economic oppression and political isolation, eventually ranged over a 50-square-mile area.
60,000 call for justice for Tamir Rice
"We're here eight months later and there's still no justice," Tamir's cousin and the committee's coordinator told a rally and press conference before entering with a delegation to deliver the petitions.
Sandra Bland's jailers spinning autopsy results
The trooper plainly didn't like Bland's forthright defense of her civil rights; in Texas, you can be prosecuted for resisting arrest even if the actual arrest was illegal.
Justice for Tamir Rice dealt legal blow ahead of civil rights conference
An Ohio appeals court declined to force the arrest of the Cleveland police officers involved in the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice.
Dead at 28, Sandra Bland's Texas dream turned nightmare
According to federal statistics, an African-American driver is 31 percent more likely to be pulled over for a traffic citation.
Latino organizations demand NBC cut ties with Trump
Actions over GOP candidate Donald Trump's repugnant comments regarding Mexican immigrants and, by extension, Mexican-Americans.
Confederate flags, monuments, going down in wake of massacre
Politicians across the South are distancing themselves from the Confederate battle flag, but tributes to slaveocracy and its racist legacy persist around the country.
Chicagoans rally for an end to racist violence
After reading the names and short biographies of the slain, the mournful airs gave way to determination as the emcees brought forth speakers from the crowd.
As mayors meet in San Francisco, ending racist violence is a theme
One issue kept resurfacing: how to confront and deal with the virulent racism that remains a current in U.S. life.
In Charleston, a city comes together in wake of racist killings
Twenty thousand people came together on a bridge in Charleston, marching in the name of love and unity against racist violence that took the lives of nine people in a historic black church. .
