(L-R) Daniel Merritt, N.Charles Anderson, Hiram E. Jackson, Lisa Page Brooks, Rev. Charles E. Williams II, Portia Roberson, Joanna Underwood, Todd Bettison, Randy Wimberly,...
"They shoot us down, we shut 'em down!"
This was the chant heard by a group of about 200 protesters who braved frigid temperatures Monday evening to...
ATLANTA — The inaugural Triumph Awards kicked off with fireworks with the likes of T.I., Tyrese, Eva Marcelle, Estelle, Chante Moore, Mint Condition, Rev. Al…
ATLANTA — Civil rights legend Rev. Joseph E. Lowry along with music stars John Legend and Tyrese Gibson headline the inaugural Triumph Awards, a program that…
In the wake of the George Zimmerman trial verdict, the #YourLifeMatters campaign was created with young Black men in mind. We need to communicate to them...
The Change Agent Consortium and its members will participate in a rally for Trayvon Martin in Detroit outside of the Department of Justice Saturday,...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder faces a tough decision as civil rights group petition the Department of Justice to press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, 29, who was found “not guilty” on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Saturday night by a jury of 6 women — 5 white and one Hispanic — for the Feb. 26, 2012 killing of unarmed Black teen, Trayvon Martin. NAACP President Ben Jealous released a statement making it plain that we are “not done demanding justice for Trayvon Martin”: “The most fundamental of civil rights—the right to life—was violated the night George Zimmerman stalked and then took the life of Trayvon Martin. We ask that the Department of Justice file civil rights charges against Mr. Zimmerman for this egregious violation,” said the NAACP in a petition released Saturday night. “Please address the travesties of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin by acting today.” On CNN Sunday, Rev. Jesse Jackson called the verdict “Old South justice” and ...
Debra Simmons[1], 55, vice-president of the Mississippi Chapter of the National Action Network (NAN), the civil rights organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton,was violently pushed to the ground, held down and tasered at a civil rights rally in Natchez, Mississippi by deputies of the Adams County Sheriff’s department. Simmons and members of NAN traveled to Natchez to throw full support behind Glennese Smith Scott, 33, a social worker and author of the book, “Surviving A Thousand Deaths[4],” who is in the midst of an uphill court battle against the Sheriff’s Department for abuse — and negligence — she allegedly suffered at their hands that caused her to miscarry twins. “It is truly a disgrace how the Adams County Sheriff’s department turned a peaceful rally into something ugly and utterly violent,” said NAN member, Crystal ...
