Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
Watch CBS News
Leila Mottley began writing her new novel, "Nightcrawling," at 16 years old.
The writer and composer of the musical nominated for 11 Tony Awards, about a young, queer Black man working as an usher in a Broadway theater, talks about mining his own life for a tale of change and self-acceptance.
The musical nominated for 11 Tony Awards features an unlikely protagonist: A young, queer Black man working as an usher in a Broadway theater, writing a musical about a young, queer Black man working as an usher in a Broadway theater. The show's writer and composer, Michael R. Jackson, talks with correspondent Rita Braver about mining his own life for a tale of change and self-acceptance.
Attorney Ben Crump said those "at the root of the hate" are accountable in Buffalo supermarket shooting.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his work on behalf of the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victim families, and his new Netflix documentary called "Civil.”
The project, Transform1012, received $3 million in federal funding on Tuesday.
In the early 1970s the activist, professor and writer spoke out against oppression, white supremacy and police violence; five decades later she remains energized and optimistic.
The activist, professor and writer has spent more than five decades advocating against oppression, white supremacy and police violence. Five decades after she was tried and acquitted on conspiracy, kidnapping and murder charges, Angela Davis is advocating for the abolishment of prisons. She talks with correspondent Lilia Luciano about expanding the possibilities for social change.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was one of those photographed staging a sit-in to protest segregation in the south.
To mark this Memorial Day, Nancy Chen talked to the innovative artist who created the remarkable portrait of the "Harlem Hellfighters" on display at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington D.C.
