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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK?

Published: February 6, 2025 | By: Harold Fisher

Tags: Civil Rights, Executive Orders, MANDLA DESKINS, THE EDUCATION TRUST, Trump Administration

Greater Baltimore Urban League Celebrates 100 Years

Published: October 30, 2024 | By: Harold Fisher

Tags: Civil Rights, Greater Baltimore Urban League, Marc Morial, Tershea Rice

Conversation with NAACP President/CEO Derrick Johnson

Published: May 28, 2024 | By: Harold Fisher

Tags: Black Voters, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Derrick Johnson, NAACP

Civil Rights Activist Roslyn Pope Dies At 84

Published: February 13, 2023 | By: Harold Fisher

The college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement against systemic racism in 1960.

Tags: Civil Rights, Roslyn Pope

Florida Rejects African American Studies Course

Published: January 20, 2023 | By: Harold Fisher

The White House has called the move incomprehensible.

Tags: Civil Rights, Florida Rejects African American Studies Course, History, Slavery

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura On ‘Star Trek,’ Has Died

Published: August 1, 2022 | By: Harold Fisher

The original “Star Trek” premiered on NBC on Sept. 8, 1966.

Tags: Civil Rights, Lt. Uhura, Nichelle Nichols, Science Fiction, Star Trek

Attorney Ben Crump Is the Subject of a New Netflix Documentary

Published: June 7, 2022 | By: WHUR Contributor

Tags: Attorney Ben Crump Is the Subject of a New Netflix Documentary, Civil Rights

Ex-cops in George Floyd Case plead not guilty

Published: September 14, 2021 | By: Harold Fisher

Tuesday’s hearing was held remotely via videoconference.

Tags: Civil Rights, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, J. Kueng, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao

Georgia Congressman John Lewis Dies

Published: July 17, 2020 | By: Harold Fisher

The civil rights icon was battling pancreatic cancer.

Tags: Alabama, Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Georgia Congressman John Lewis Has Died, Selma

THE JOURNEY: “Justin Hansford – The Moving Hand of Justice”

Published: January 21, 2018 | By: Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick

President Frederick chats with an alum who is now the Director of the Howard University School of Law Center for Civil Rights – Prof. Justin Hansford.

Tags: Civil Rights, Howard University, Howard University School of Law, Justin Hansford, President Frederick, The Journey, WHUR