A Los Angeles police officer who struck a man 45 times with a baton during a violent confrontation was sentenced to one year in prison Friday, marking the conclusion of a case that drew sharp condemnation from civil rights advocates. The officer, Juan Anthony Carrillo, […]
Nearly six decades after Malcolm X was gunned down in front of his family at the Audubon Ballroom, his estate has launched a sweeping lawsuit accusing the CIA, FBI, NYPD, and other agencies of playing a role in the civil rights leader’s death. During a […]
In a striking courtroom moment, a Texas judge swiftly dismissed a marijuana possession case against a Black defendant, citing the arrest as a clear instance of racial profiling. Harris County Judge David Fleischer questioned the legitimacy of the arrest, pointing out that the defendant, identified […]
In April 2023, a routine visit to a park turned into a life-threatening ordeal for Deontae Faison, a Black father of two, who now lies in a coma after being repeatedly tasered by police while standing in water. For nearly six months, his family has […]
In a lawsuit filed by the EEOC, Morton Salt is facing allegations of workplace discrimination and retaliation against a Black employee, Daryl Dorsey, who also has a disability. The civil rights lawsuit claims that Dorsey, who suffers from gout, endured months of racial and disability-based […]
It is with very heavy hearts that we share news that Rev. William Lawson, the Houston Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church founding pastor, has passed away. He was 95 years old. In 1962, The Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church was established Rev. Lawson and his wife, Audrey Hoffman […]
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