Tag: civil rights

(AFP) - In a wooded area outside Virginia's state capital Richmond, the sounds of gunshots resonate. Collin is learning how ...

Kennedy Space Center (United States) (AFP) - In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate -- but ...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A woman who said she was drugged and sexually assaulted by veteran US entertainer ...

(AFP) - A pro-democracy research group said Wednesday that freedom in the United States has declined to its lowest level ...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - US civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, whose decades of campaigning brought lasting changes to ...

(AFP) - Republican leaders in the US Congress are facing mounting pressure to respond to anti-Muslim rhetoric after a series ...

(AFP) - Three former US presidents gathered for a public memorial service to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson on Friday, ...

(AFP) - Veteran political activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of America's most influential Black voices, was hailed Tuesday as a ...

(AFP) - Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation's most influential Black voices, died peacefully ...

(AFP) - Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday aged 84, had a three-pronged career of civil rights, liberal missions and political ...