Civil

Press release from the AG Tong office: June 14, 2021 Attorney General William Tong made the following statement after the state Senate voted 26 to 9 in favor of passing laws to strengthen the attorney general's ability to enforce civil…

That could all change now. The law created a five-member panel and President Joe Biden has said who he wants to fill four of the slots, pending U.S. Senate confirmation. Three of the nominees have close ties to Atlanta: Clayborne Carson,…

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is preparing to celebrate the Juneteenth BCRI expects 3,000 people to attend the event in the Civil Rights District…

The Rev. James Lawson Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., the renowned civil rights leader and instructor for CSUN's Civil Discourse & Social Change initiative, was recently honored by the country's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP,…

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Juniteenth is June 19th and as part of this occasion, LSU Shreveport is hosting a joint celebration.Hear civil rights activist David Dennis speak at the LSUS UC Theater on Thursday, June 17th from 6:30 pm to 8:30…

Bedford, Pennsylvania - A judge made grave allegations against a man accused of gunning down and killing a civil rights activist on land in Pennsylvania last summer during a conflict with a group of protesters en route from Merion to…

The judge dismissed the most serious charges against a man accused of shooting and killing a civil rights activist while confronting a group of protesters.…

One of the great legacies of North Carolina and our nation's history was the explosion of the American civil rights movement.As the leader of this movement, Martin Luther King Jr. repeatedly appealed to our…

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A Shreveport church was about 89 years old when it needed to be relocated to make way for Interstate 20 construction.Then it was bombed shortly after the congregation moved into their new home in 1961.Now the…

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Henry Vargas of Davenport, an influential and accomplished civil rights activist, died last Monday at the age of 92.Vargas was the founding father of LULAC Council 10, the Davenport Chapter of the Latin American…