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Central Illinois communities celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Communities throughout Central Illinois are gearing up to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ahead ...

Black staff allege discrimination by Benson, state department

Four Black Department of State employees have filed a civil lawsuit against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, alleging ...

Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers

Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest ...

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated ...

Claudette Colvin, Civil rights pioneer and hidden figure of Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin, who became an unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement at the age of 15, has died. She was 86.

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86 in Texas

Claudette Colvin, a pioneer and unsung hero of America’s civil rights movement, died at the age of 86 in Texas.