Wanda Evers is not going down without a fight. The niece of Medgar Evers, the NAACP leader who was assassinated outside of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963, says she plans to go to Washington, D.C., and meet with President Donald Trump to urge him to reconsider removing her uncle’s name from...
Nation recoils as president relocates civil rights icon from Oval Office to dining room The political world erupted in outrage this week as President Donald Trump quietly relocated the bronze bust of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from its prominent position in the Oval Office to a private White House dining room. The move...
Shikeia Randolph, a pregnant 29-year-old Black woman, was driving with her four children in the car when she was pulled over by an officer in Indiana over an issue with her license plate in 2023. Lake County Sheriff’s Officer Peter Hamady then ordered her out of the car, claiming she had a warrant for her...
Barack Obama stepped into unfamiliar territory Tuesday night, delivering one of his most politically charged speeches since leaving the White House. The former president’s appearance at the Connecticut Forum in Hartford marked a dramatic departure from his typically reserved post-presidency approach, as he issued an urgent call for widespread resistance across American institutions. The 44th...
Two years ago, Devondrick Hartsfield went public with concerns that his boss was a white supremacist. Hartsfield, who is Black, told CBS News Texas he was working at Van Marcke’s Ace Hardware store in Arlington, Texas, on Juneteenth 2023 when his manager, who is white, showed him something disturbing in the store’s warehouse. “Before we...
Civil rights organization breaks 116-year tradition amid constitutional concerns The NAACP has delivered what may be its most pointed rebuke of a sitting president in over a century, announcing it will not extend an invitation to Donald Trump for its upcoming national convention. The decision shatters a 116-year tradition and marks the first time in...