Lani Guinier, the civil rights lawyer and scholar who got the nomination by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting racial discrimination, has died. She was 71.…
The Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist who documented police brutality against African Americans in Alabama in the early 1960s and later fought for public school reform in New York City, has died. He was 96. Oliver died…
Bob Moses (Robert Parris Moses), a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, dies.…
The Rev Joseph E Lowery, who has been called the dean of the civil rights movement, died Friday, March 27, 2020, the King Center said. Lowery, 98, was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with the Rev. Martin…
Civil rights Julian Bond dead at age 75 Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida after a…
Ruby Dee (née Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film…
Bernard Cohen was a civil liberties attorney and Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates; he died at age 68. On April 10, 1967, with co-counsel Philip Hirschkop, he presented an oral argument for the petitioners in Loving v. Virginia before the U. S. Supreme Court. On June 12,…
The legendary human rights warrior Reverend C T Vivian died in Atlanta at the age of 95. His daughter Denise confirming the breaking news that the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient died Friday. The late Dr. Martin once called him…
Renowned congresswoman and trailblazing advocate Sheila Jackson Lee died on July 19, 2024, at 74. Her death marked the end of a remarkable political career that spanned decades and left an indelible mark on the history of the United States.…
In a world where music shapes our lives, the impact of certain individuals transcends time and generations. A great loss was felt in the music industry with the passing of the late Jean Knight, a beloved icon known for her…
