Civil Rights & Social Justice

During an interview with 'Good Morning America,' Ajike Owens' family demanded that Susan Lorincz be charged with a hate crime. The post Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens’ Family Calls For Susan Lorincz To Be Charged With Hate Crime appeared first on NewsOne.

Alabama state Sen. April Weaver and other Alabama legislators want to make faking a kidnapping a felony after Carlee Russell's case. The post Alabama Legislators Want To Make Kidnapping Hoaxes A Felony In Response To Carlee Russell Case appeared first on NewsOne.

A research organization, has Twitter's litigation fingers foaming at the tips after the group found that racism was up on the platform. The post Elon Musk And Twitter Threaten To Sue Non-Profit That Allegedly Found An Increase Of Racism On The Platform appeared first on NewsOne.

Addressing out the inaccuracies in Florida's "slaves benefited from slavery" narrative, while noble and truthful, is, in many ways, besides the point. The post Op-Ed: Florida’s Claims That Slaves Benefited From Slavery Gets Debunked, But Even That Misses The Point appeared first on NewsOne.

Jadarrius Rose fled officers in Ohio who tried to pull his truck over. One officer released his dog on him after he had put his hands up. The post Ohio Cop Releases Dog On Black Man Who Had His Hands Up After Trooper Instructed Him Not To appeared first on NewsOne.

Ta-Nehisi Coates attended a South Carolina school board meeting about ending an AP lesson on his own bestseller, 'Between the World and Me.' The post Ta-Nehisi Coates Attends South Carolina School Board Meeting About Banning His Own Book appeared first on NewsOne.

Marjorie Taylor Greene characterized Joe Biden as a “Democrat socialist” who wants to complete the work started by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The post Op-ED: Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Comparing Joe Biden To LBJ Is Interesting (And Kind Of Racist) appeared first on NewsOne.

Rev. Fredrick Douglass Haynes III, the next president of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is the civil rights icon's protégé who said he's "honored" to be lead the social justice organization. The post Rev. Frederick Haynes III, Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s Next Leader, Is Rev. Jesse Jackson Protégé appeared first on NewsOne.

In honoring the life and legacy of late Rep. John Lewis, we must also honor these voting rights champions who are making "good trouble." The post John Lewis’ Undying Legacy: 10 Voting Rights Champions Making ‘Good Trouble’ In 2023 appeared first on NewsOne.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch wants to free Anthony Fox, a former Jackson cop who was convicted of beating to death 62-year-old George Robinson, who is Black. The post Mississippi Attorney General Wants To Free A Cop Convicted Of Beating A Black Man To Death appeared first on NewsOne.