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In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E ...

State-funded work came after Jonathan Jackson was paid as a $13,000-a-month consultant for JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign for ...

Dr. Beasley was born in Fayette County in 1936 and was known for his advocacy for Black servicemembers that began while he ...

A comedian performing at the Milwaukee Improv posed a redundant but disingenuous question: Why did the club carry the name Milwaukee if it was located in the exclusively white city […] ...

1971: The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced the formation of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity, later changed to ...

Abby Phillip joins TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford to unpack A Dream Deferred, Jesse Jackson’s legacy, and the state of Black ...

Former Austin Mayor Frank Cooksey, champion of civil rights and the environment, died in early hours of Monday morning. He was 92.

ATLANTA — An Atlanta civil rights activist known for advocating for Black servicemembers in the military and as well as economic equality, has died at 88.

Beasley worked tirelessly as an advocate for disenfranchised people, whether it was moving to change a Georgia state flag that incorporated the Confederate flag, working for equity in education or ...

Dr. Joseph Beasley has died at 88 years old. Dr. Beasley was born to sharecroppers in Inman Georgia, south of Atlanta, and later served in the US Air Force. His long list accomplishments include his ...

CHICAGO - Jesse Jackson Sr. has been discharged from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to his family. In a statement, ...