Challenge at Chicago summit: recruiting protesters
The stage seemed set for a showdown: G-8 and NATO leaders planned to hold back-to-back summits in Chicago that activists predicted could draw tens of ...
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Grammy cuts
A lawsuit filed against the Recording Academy over its decision to trim the Grammy Award categories from 109 to 78 has been dismissed. The ruling last ...
Some Tulsa blacks doubt rampage will prompt change
For a moment, someone was actually paying attention to what was going on in Jermaine Wilson's north Tulsa neighborhood. In the days after what ...
Murder, hate crime charges in Tulsa shootings
Two men accused of going on a shooting spree that terrorized Tulsa's predominantly black north side face murder and hate crime charges, prosecutors ...
After Zimmerman arrest, activists look to gun laws
The civil rights groups that turned outrage over Trayvon Martin's death into action say their work is far from over now that his killer has been ...
Zimmerman makes court appearance in Fla. shooting
Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of ...
Prosecutors face hurdles in Trayvon Martin case
Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death ...
MLK's children mark 44th anniversary of his death
Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children on Wednesday marked the 44th anniversary of his death by launching efforts to prevent youth violence.
Thousands gather at Miami rally for Trayvon Martin
Political leaders, sport stars and entertainers were among several thousand people who gathered Sunday at a Miami rally to call for an arrest in the ...
Protesters march in Fla. town where teen was shot
Thousands joined a march Saturday through the Florida town where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, ...
Congregants wear hoodies, remember Trayvon Martin
Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed, many preachers and worshippers echoed calls for ...
Slain teen's friends say he never picked a fight
Wearing a hoodie. Listening to music and talking on his cellphone. Picking up Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother. Friends say that's how they ...
Rep. Payne remembered for quiet effectiveness
Rep. Donald Payne was a modest man who favored quiet persuasion over bombast, qualities that didn't detract from his effectiveness as an advocate for ...
Houston's voice soars at hometown funeral
The best voices of a generation all paid tribute to her. But in the end, the most powerful voice at Whitney Houston's funeral was her own. The first ...
Whitney Houston remembered at NJ hometown funeral
Clapping hands and swaying to gospel hymns in the church where Whitney Houston's powerful voice once wowed her congregation, the biggest names in ...
Guests arrive to say goodbye to Houston
Whitney Houston's flower-covered casket arrived Saturday at the church where her powerful voice first wowed the congregation, as the biggest names in ...
Hundreds honor 'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius
Through music, scripture and song, Don Cornelius was remembered Thursday as the man who elevated black culture and entertainment with his "Soul ...
Family, friends attend Don Cornelius service
Don Cornelius was cremated at a private service attended by family and family who were led in prayer by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the "Soul Train" ...
APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the ...
Black leaders to SC gov: You're a minority, too
Civil rights leaders bothered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's stance on issues like requiring voters to show their IDs at the polls are reminding ...
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