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Illinois Establishes July 25 as Emmett Till Day

The law seeks to encourage annual local events that teach about racial violence, civil-rights history.

Ava DuVernay’s 14th to Close the New York Film Festival

Obergefell’s 11th Anniversary Brings Celebration and Warnings of a Coordinated Rollback

LeBron Says His Memphis Complaint Targeted a Hotel, Not the City

GOP Governors Rebrand June With Family-Focused Proclamations

Pride Month Begins With Stonewall Memory and Renewed Rights Demands

Spencer Leak Jr. Dies at 56, Vice President of Leak & Sons Funeral Homes

Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Proof‑of‑Citizenship Laws

Clarence B. Jones Dies at 95, Longtime Lawyer and Speechwriter to Martin Luther King Jr.

Lucille Berrien, Milwaukee Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 98

Thousands Rally in Selma and Montgomery After Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling

Supreme Court Rulings Fuel GOP Maps That Threaten Black Representation

Gerald Talbot, Maine’s First Black Legislator and Civil-Rights Leader, Dies at 94

Court Rulings and GOP Redistricting Tilt House Map and Erode Black Districts

Milwaukee Restores Cesar Chavez Drive to South 16th Street

Tennessee Lawmakers Pass ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ on Campus Speech, Send It to Governor

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty in Highlander Center Arson and Bid to Aid Hezbollah

Yusef D. Jackson Named President and CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Mizzou Ends Dedicated Funding for Five Multicultural Umbrella Groups

Long Beach City College Renames Labor Center for Dolores Huerta