In an ordeal no parent would want their child to experience, a 4-year-old girl in Rochester, New York, recently revealed to her mother that her daycare van driver had forgotten her, leaving her stranded alone in a freezing van for nine hours. Jasmine Alyce of the Atlanta Black Star reported,…
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Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray Working To Clear Arrest Records of Claudette Colvin, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks
Civil rights attorney Fred Gray has filed a case to expunge the arrest record of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin — and he’s considering similar efforts to clear the names of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks as well. Jay Reeves of the Associated Press reported that Gray spoke…
Rosa Parks Statue Dedicated by Montgomery’s First Black Mayor on Rosa Parks Day
The city of Montgomery, Ala., dedicated a statue to civil rights icon Rosa Parks on Sunday afternoon, presented by the city’s first Black mayor, Steven Reed. Sunday was the second annual Rosa Parks Day in Alabama and also marked 64 years to the day Parks was arrested for sitting in…
Racist Attack on New Jersey Bus, Suspect Arrested and Charged: Video
A New Jersey man violently verbally and physically attacked a man on a New Jersey bus on May 2. The suspect was arrested and charged this week with bias intimidation, terroristic threats and aggravated assault with a weapon. In the video, you can see and hear as Victor Colon, 51,…