Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and civil rights attorneys filed a racial bias lawsuit against the city of Needham, Massachusetts, Needham Police Chief John Schlittler and four white police officers in the Massachusetts…
The land where Atlanta's newest park is located, near Vine City, used to have houses. But in 2002 there was a flood of sewage. It overwhelmed the neighborhood, recalls Bishop John Lewis. Lewis is the chairman of the Vine City Civic…
Press releases07/07/2021
Attorney General Tong welcomes the signing of the Civil Rights Enforcement Act in Connecticut
(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong…
File Photo A state civil rights lawsuit was amended to include Bellaire Police Chief Dick Flanagan as a defendant. The complaint alleges that a woman told Flanagan that Officer…
"She actually shows us videos of officers using excessive force, the intent of it," said Mary Pyle, police academy program director. "Many officials are now a little hesitant about doing their job and doing what they have been trained to…
STARKVILLE, miss. (WCBI) - The city of Starkville is currently working with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to preserve local civil rights-era landmarks.
"Mississippi is a state that struggled…
Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and WhiteBy Patricia SullivanBelknap. 515 pp. $ 39.95- - -Robert Kennedy plays a supporting role in most of the reports about the turbulent 1960s. He was…