Civil rights

Malcolm X’s daughters are accusing the CIA, FBI, the NYPD and others in a $100-million lawsuit for mishandling their father’s 1965 assassination.

A new opera celebrating the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is ready to make its world premiere in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95.

City councilors in Somerville, Massachusetts, are considering getting rid of technology used to capture the sound of gunfire in communities and alert police. Somerville City Councilor At Large Willie Burnley Jr. introduced an order to discuss the effectiveness and placement of the ShotSpotter software, recently re-branded to Sound Thinking. “For me, it’s quite concerning when we have people of...

City leaders are debating the effectiveness and implementation of software to detect gunshots.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland are among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

A police officer in Fall River, Massachusetts, has been convicted of violating a man’s civil rights after hitting him in the head with a baton three years ago and filing false reports to cover it up. Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Nicholas Hoar was found guilty Thursday of deprivation of rights under color of law, as well as two counts...

The teacher has filed a discrimination complaint alleging that their termination is a violation of federal civil rights law.

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a venture capital firm’s grant program for businesses run by Black women.

President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence” that authorities say motivated a white man to fatally shoot three Black people at a Florida store over the weekend.

Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.