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Lawsuits November 15, 2024 2:55 pm

Malcolm X's daughters sue CIA, FBI and NYPD over civil rights leader's assassination

Malcolm X’s daughters are accusing the CIA, FBI, the NYPD and others in a $100-million lawsuit for mishandling their father’s 1965 assassination.

FILE - The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015.

Civil rights June 11, 2024 9:21 am

Civil rights leader and nonviolent protest pioneer Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney Ben Crump walk and sing across the Edmund Pettus Bridge

Civil rights March 3, 2024 8:12 pm

Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial in Selma as marchers' call for voting rights

Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland are among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

A billboard along Interstate 95 in Hollywood, Florida

Civil rights November 11, 2023 1:00 pm

Florida teacher fired for using gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx.'

The teacher has filed a discrimination complaint alleging that their termination is a violation of federal civil rights law.

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