Dear Dr. King, There will be a march this Saturday to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Actually, there will be two marches, with leaders of each claiming to be walking in your footsteps.
“The Daily Show” has a knack for going on vacation when important things happen, so it’s nice to see Jon Stewart proactively “report” on Glenn Beck’s Aug. 28 civil rights rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In a segment dubbed “I Have A Scheme,” Stewart picked apart Beck’s plan to “restore honor” to […]
Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month, declined Tuesday to return to the agency, though she said it was tempting.
In February 2007, Alberto R. Gonzales, the attorney general under President George W. Bush, issued a stern warning to those who murdered blacks with impunity during the civil rights era: “You have not gotten away with anything. We are still on your trail.”
ATLANTA (AP) — After nearly 10 months of silence, the Rev. Bernice King urged the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Tuesday to end the bitter infighting that has split the group she was elected to lead.
As we celebrate Black History month, we pay tribute to Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a modest seamstress on her way home from work when…
Audio©2009 WTLC/Radio One. Thomas Perez, the new Assistant Attorney General in the US department of Justice heads the Department’s Civil Rights Division. Perez visited Indy Friday to highlight Attorney General Eric Holder’s and President Barack Obama’s committment to civil rights and fighting hate crimes. Perez was celebrating prison terms given to three men who burneda […]
Last week on Afternoons with Amos, Joshua Brewster, Deputy Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, was challenged to document cases of discrimination in employment and housing where the Commission had taken action and stood up for protecting the rights of Hoosiers. Brewster provided AWA with a list of case resolutions from this year. Those […]
