Atlanta inmate: Medical neglect at troubled jail led to amputations
A Georgia man says he was traumatized by severe medical neglect at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta.
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A Georgia man says he was traumatized by severe medical neglect at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta.
Three professors at Emory University have filed a lawsuit claiming the school violated its free speech policies when it called in police during a 2024 campus protest over the Israel-Hamas war.
Dean Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., the founding dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, is preparing to retire this summer after more than 40 years of service.
The Trump administration argued that Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students, in violation of federal civil rights law.
Atlanta honored Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Sr.'s 100th birthday Sunday, uniting leaders and community members at West Hunter Street Baptist Church to celebrate the civil rights icon's enduring legacy.
Ivana Elliott alleges Bartow County deputies forced her to remove her hijab and strip during jail booking, prompting a federal lawsuit over religious rights violations.
The lawsuit claims the Bartow County sheriff's office violated the Atlanta Muslim woman's religious and civil rights when they forced her to remove her hijab in front of male deputies and then subjected her to a strip search.
If you drive through the heart of Atlanta, you will inevitably see his name etched onto street signs that intersect with those of other civil rights titans like John Lewis. While he may not have been marching on the front lines, Ralph Emerson McGill was a vocal force who used the power of the press to show the significance of the Civil Rights Movement.
Roughly 50 miles east of Atlanta on Highway 78, near the Oconee County line, a simple roadside marker commemorates one of the most horrific racial crimes in American history.
At the second annual Ben Crump Human Rights Honors in Midtown Atlanta, the former mayor and current gubernatorial candidate framed Georgia's upcoming election as a continuation of the progress made in the civil rights movement.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, joined by attorney Liza Park and Je'vion Benham's mother, says the young man's death inside a Valdosta State Prison was "foreseeable and preventable."
As the nation reflects on the life and legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, educators and students in Atlanta say his passing is also a moment to look forward.
The goal of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board is to bring justice and closure to families who lost loved ones in racially-motivated killings that have gone unsolved.
Former Mayor Andrew Young says Atlanta helped shape civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's leadership and legacy.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
Atlanta's Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church survived the Civil War and became known as the City Hall of Sweet Auburn during the civil rights era.
Across Atlanta, there are places that helped shape Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s thinking and the civil rights movement, many of which are still standing today.
Atlanta protesters demand accountability after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
Joe Beasley devoted his life to "confronting injustice and standing steadfast on the front lines of the struggle for human and civil rights," the Georgia NAACP wrote.
A federal judge in Georgia has declined to halt an execution scheduled for next week.
The Home Depot Foundation is sponsoring free entry as the Center unveils newly renovated galleries honoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The new expansion fulfills the vision of the Center's founders to establish a world-class museum and cultural institution while strengthening its role as a national leader in human rights education.
Dunwoody High School was changed forever when a student died of a fentanyl overdose in 2024, but the efforts of one student helped make sure it didn't happen again.
The loved ones of 16-year-old Benjamin Braithwaite are hoping someone has information that can help them find the missing teen.
Gov. Brian Kemp has set a date for the special election to fill the rest of former U.S. Rep. David Scott's term.
President Trump said earlier this week he was reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany, which hosts more than 35,000 U.S. service members.
Former President Joe Biden's endorsement of Keisha Lance Bottoms is his first since leaving the White House.