Civil rights groups slam Trump’s election speech as attempt to undermine Black voters ahead of November

“If we vote and we stay organized as a movement, Trump’s plan is going to fall flat on its face,” ...

DOJ weighs civil rights probe into Fort Worth police over alleged First Amendment violations

The Civil Rights Division is seeking Fort Worth police records after viral videos captured officers allegedly restricting ...
Essence

Cory Booker Makes History With 25-Hour Speech, Breaks Senate Record Held By Segregationist Who Opposed Civil Rights

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history with the longest speech ever delivered on the Senate floor, speaking for 25 hours and 5 minutes. His marathon speech, which began at 7 p.m. on Monday and ...
The Washington Post

Supreme Court weighs Mississippi preacher’s argument on civil rights

In May 2021, an evangelical Christian preacher stood outside an amphitheater in Mississippi with his protest group, waving posters with pictures of aborted fetuses, passing out fliers and using a ...
Oregonian

Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech recalls Civil Rights Movement

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil ...

Civil Rights

A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered ...
The New York Times

Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record

The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957. By ...