A Mississippi sheriff says in a new court filing that there's no point in serving an arrest warrant on a white woman in the 1955 kidnapping that led to the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till ...

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trust will focus on housing, cultural preservation, and economic development. Of the total goal ...

Visitors to “Lights, Camera, Action! Celebration of Preservation” Saturday saw how students in Mississippi made films about ...

City officials believe there are still Tulsa Race Massacre victims’ remains to be found in Oaklawn Cemetery. A team of ...

Thousands are marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder at religious services, concerts and vigils nationwide.

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

a Biden appointee who was responsible for overseeing the case, resigned ahead of President Trump’s inauguration. The Department of Justice did not respond to requests for comment on the investigation.

Thousands gathered to honor George Floyd's legacy on the fifth anniversary of his death. Activists criticized the Trump administration for hindering progress on police reform and civil rights. Events ...

To strengthen their case, the attorneys summon historical figures like Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Emmett Till, and W.E.B. Du Bois as time-traveling witnesses, offering powerful testimony on racial ...

Bidding on the former Wadsworth and Fiske elementary schools ends this month, and local leaders are seeking ideas on how to repurpose Emmett Till Elementary's vacant annex.

The current and former chiefs of the Minneapolis Police Department are pushing back on efforts to rewrite history five years ...

Locally, many grassroots organizations rely on such grants to serve people in immediate need. These include programs such as the “Emmett Till cold case investigations and prosecution program” in New ...