Giving voice to all communities
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A century after his birth in Harlem, the writer and activist James Baldwin is being celebrated for his visionary work, and for the many facets of his personality – Black, gay, playwright, essayist, New Yorker, expatriate – that transformed him into an iconic figure in the civil rights movement, even beyond his death in 1987 at age 63. "Sunday Morning" contributor Kelefa Sanneh looks back at the author of such noted works as "Notes of a Native Son," "The Fire Next Time," and "Giovanni's Room."
This week marks 10 years since the death of Black teenager Michael Brown during an encounter with a police officer. His death, and the decision by prosecutors to not charge the officer, sparked days of protests in Ferguson, Missouri and nationwide. A decade later, St. Louis artist and musician Damon Davis is still inspiring conversations about the shooting and its aftermath.
To celebrate the centenary of the writer, poet and civil rights activist, read his stirring essay "My Dungeon Shook," written as a letter to his young nephew, in which he encapsulates the ironies of race relations in America.
Ten years ago in Ferguson, Missouri, a White police officer shot and killed a young, unarmed Black teenager named Michael Brown. A grand jury decided not to indict the officer and to this day, no one has been charged. A new CBS primetime special is taking a look back at the shooting and its aftermath.
In a new CBS special, "13 DAYS IN FERGUSON," now-retired police Captain Ron Johnson reflects on the aftermath of the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, Jr.
The American women braved a wet track in rainy conditions to win the team's 12th Olympic medal in the event. The American men were disqualified in their face of the same event.
More than five weeks have passed since hotel workers allegedly pinned down D'Vontaye Mitchell outside the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee.
U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles describes the moment she won her first individual medal at the 2024 Paris Games.
Fresh off her first individual medal at the Paris Olympics, gymnast Jordan Chiles joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about her bronze medal in the women's final, where she made history on the first all-Black Olympic gymnastics podium.
Ten years after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, CBS's "13 Days in Ferguson" revisits the protests and national conversation on policing and race. Cedric the Entertainer and retired Police Capt. Ron Johnson talk about the special.
