Jacqueline Craig, who won civil rights lawsuit over Ft Worth arrest, has died
Craig became known after a viral video showed Officer William Martin pushing Craig to the ground and arresting her.
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Craig became known after a viral video showed Officer William Martin pushing Craig to the ground and arresting her.
Johnson's seven decades of fighting for voting, housing, education, and employment rights in the Land of 10,000 Lakes is legendary. WCCO's Reg Chapman sat down with the civil rights icon as she reflected on this historic moment.
Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the afternoon of Aug. 28, 1963.
Hundreds gathered in Deep Ellum to protest the charges that were given to a bartender who was caught on camera brutally attacking a woman in a parking lot on Thursday.
Sunday, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition will officially transfer leadership to Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III as Reverend Jesse Jackson transitions to emeritus status.
The house, which was closed for repairs, reopened on May 20.
President Biden paid tribute to the heroes of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama.
In a statement posted Monday afternoon, the FBI announced that it's scrutinizing the deaths of two men who both died in custody at the Harris County Jail.
The U.S. Soccer Federation briefly displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic.
Sports apparel giant calls the rapper's recent remarks about Jewish people "unacceptable, hateful and dangerous."
Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.
In one case, a central Texas hospital reportedly told a physician not to treat an ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured, the letter said.
The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that gave some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday to end constitutional protections for abortion opened the gates for a wave of litigation from all sides.
A survivor of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama will speak in Fort Worth on Jan 13 about his experience and relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rep. Van Duyne is accusing the administration of weaponizing the Department of Education and she announced Thursday, she is planning her own inquiry into how this investigation into Carroll ISD originated.
Federal officials are investigating three allegations of discrimination at Carroll ISD.
The NAACP and the students want the federal government to withhold funding from the university.
Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt joined a crowded 2022 race for Texas attorney general Tuesday against embattled Republican incumbent Ken Paxton.
A recent federal report outlining the rising threat of violent white supremacists has prompted the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to refresh its exhibit of "The Fight for Civil Rights in the South."
"Our lives are not disposable and we deserve medical treatment just as much as anyone else during a pandemic," said Laura Halvorson, a former Mesquite school teacher with muscular dystrophy.
"This is the slap in the face," says Indianna Taylor of Dallas. "Like huge slap in the face."
The high-court court ruling upholds a restriction Abbott imposed on Oct. 1, just before early voting in the Nov. 3 general election was to open.
Here is a look at some of the most important cases decided by the US Supreme Court since 1789.
The exceptions Chief Hall made to the use of tear gas and pepper balls are burglary, vandalism and violence.
