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The NAACP is suing Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education for their blatant disregard for civil rights. “Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education have determined that civil rights no longer matter,” Malik Russell, a spokesperson for the NAACP, told The Root. Since her appointment as secretary, DeVos has…
Black women disproportionately experience violence at home, at school and at work. So it’s disconcerting that in Southeastern Ohio, despite a threat of violence by Nelsonville Police Officer Joshua Braglin against Tiffany Tims, the interim police chief at Hocking College, Braglin managed to keep his job for months until pressure…
UPDATE May 30, 2018 at 10:38 p.m. ET: On Wednesday night the Nelsonville City Council unanimously voted to fire police officer Joshua Braglin. The vote came during a city council meeting attended by numerous protesters. ORIGINAL STORY A white male police officer from Southeastern Ohio made racist and threatening Facebook…
Following Republican candidate Roy Moore’s defeat in the Alabama Senate special election in December, a record number of Black women are running for office across the state. Black women, who are staunch Democratic voters, now want to be on the ballot. More than 35 Black women have launched campaigns or…
Brianna Brochu, a white, former University of Hartford student whorubbed her used tampons onher Black roommate,Chennel “Jazzy” Rowe’s, backpack andallegedly put Rowe’s toothbrush in places “where the sun doesn’t shine,”will not face hate crime charges. On Monday in Hartford Superior Court, Brochu, 18, pleaded not guilty to charges of breach…
White students at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn., were messaging each other through private group chats and making threats against Black students, including “stringing a ni**er up.” “So no go on stringing a ni**er up”one student wrote, according to a screenshot obtained by a local news channel. Another responded,…
President Donald Trump’s planned visit to a civil rights museum in Mississippi is an insult to civil rights heroes, according to the NAACP. “President Trump’s statements and policies regarding the protection and enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal, and his attendance is an affront to the veterans of the…
The former Tulsa police officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher will have the case expunged from her record. In yet another high profile police brutality case Betty Jo Shelby was acquitted and escaped life in prison for her actions on that led to the tragic death of 40-year-old Crutcher. And…
He was driving on his way out of town and hopeful of positive news after his rallying efforts when Rod Chapel, president of the Missouri chapter of the NAACP, received a less-than-optimistic phone call from Gov. Eric Greitens. “The governor calls and says, ‘Hey Rod, just wanted to call ya…
NAACP’s national delegates voted on Wednesday to issue a “travel advisory” stating that people of color and other marginalized groups travelling to Missouri are at risk of their civil rights being violated. According to the Springfield News Leader, the delegates chose to nationally adopt the advisory after it was put…
