civil rights activists

Officially called The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument, the commemoration created by sculptor Richard Hunt was dedicated in the South Side neighborhood where Wells lived out her life.

The young Black woman who was brutally beaten by a white supremacist in Deep Ellum, Texas, last week said she’s been so fearful since the attack that she has had to sleep in hotels. “I’m scared. I don’t know who is following me, who is behind me, who is watching me,” L’daijohnique Lee said. “My body still […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Sharpton is losing his daily show on MSNBC, with the network saying he’ll be downshifted to the weekend. Sharpton’s “Politics Nation” has aired at 6 p.m. EDT on weeknights for the past four years at the ratings-challenged news network. MSNBC is in the midst of wholesale changes under NBC News […]

Activist and civil rights pioneer Amelia Boynton Robinson is truly a living legend. In one of the most horrific examples of hatred in the Civil Rights Movement, Robinson was beaten and left for dead in the event known around the world as “Bloody Sunday.” Robinson, a longtime champion of equal rights for women before she […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be among those honoring activist poet-playwright Amiri Baraka at a wake in New Jersey. The wake will be held at Newark’s Metropolitan Baptist Church on Friday night. The 79-year-old author of blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticisms died last Thursday. Baraka’s supporters considered him a genius […]