May 22 Supreme Court strikes down 2 redrawn districts in N.C. over racial bias By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices ruled that Republicans who controlled the state legislature and governor's office in 2011 placed too many African-Americans in the two districts. The result was to weaken African-American voting strength elsewhere in North Carolina. Continue reading
May 19 NAACP president will step down in June By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation's oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires. Continue reading
Mar 28 Remembering Bill Minor, a lion of journalism in the South By Morgan Till A Louisianan by birth, the WWII veteran came home from the Pacific to fight new battles throughout his native South, trading the guns of a Navy destroyer for the printing presses of the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, heading its Jackson… Continue reading
Feb 28 Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban By Gene Johnson, Associated Press Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump's new travel ban. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. 'has not yet reached the mountaintop,' says new civil rights commission chair By Laura Santhanam For Catherine Lhamon, it’s been an eventful introduction to her new role as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 8:50 Why the NAACP and others are protesting Trump's attorney general pick By PBS News Hour The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 4:21 The number of people killed by police dropped slightly in 2016 By PBS News Hour This year the number of people killed by police stands at 957, down slightly from 991 in 2015, according to the Washington Post. While white men accounted for the most deaths by police, black men were three times more likely… Continue watching
Dec 16 Obama signs bill to review civil rights-era killings By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Racially motivated, civil rights-era killings that are now cold cases will get fresh looks under legislation signed by President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Dec 10 Congress sends bill to Obama on civil rights-era killings By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama's desk that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era that are now cold cases. Continue reading
Nov 19 Racial issues likely to come up at Sessions' Senate hearing By Eric Tucker and Chad Day, Associated Press Racially charged allegations toward Sessions derailed his efforts to become a federal judge and made him a symbol of black-voter intimidation under Reagan. Continue reading