Civil Rights & Social Justice

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.

Let's take a look at the Black "scholars" the DeSantis administration selected to change the Black history standards in Florida. The post Op-ED: A Look At The Pitiful Black ‘Scholars’ Florida Selected For New Black History Standards 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.

As many discuss the now-viral K-9 attack over in Ohio recently, we look at how our history with police dogs has been far from heaven.

Alpha Phi Alpha is fighting against Florida's controversial policies on race education by moving its 2025 convention out the Sunshine State.

Black Lives Matter-related protest footage was quietly and mysteriously edited out of Jason Aldean's controversial music video for the dog-whistling song, "Try That In A Small Town." The post Too Late: BLM Protest Footage Mysteriously Edited Out Of Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That In A Small Town’ Video 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.

Amid its new anti-Black curriculum, Florida has approved K-12 school lessons from PragerU, a right-wing organization founded by suspected white supremacist Dennis Prager. The post Florida Approves Educational Lessons From PragerU, Which Was Founded By Suspected White Supremacist appeared first on NewsOne.

President Biden will declare a monument in honor of late civil rights martyr Emmett Till on the day he would be celebrating his 82nd b'day.

Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, the two Black men who were tortured and sexually assaulted by Mississippi cops sat down with CNN. The post ‘It Hurts. And I’m Embarrassed’: Black Man Tortured By Mississippi Cops Will Never Speak The Same Again 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.