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In NC speech, Jesse Jackson Jr. condemns gerrymandering, denial of equal funding for public schools

Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. denounced recent state and federal court decisions on redistricting, voting rights, and public education in a speech in Raleigh on Wedne...

Jesse Jackson Comes to Town

On February 19, two days after the death of the reverend and civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, the Observer’s longtime contributing photographer Alan Pogue emailed me a shot of Jack...

Al Sharpton Invited 10 Potential 2028 Candidates To His Conference — And Was ‘Surprised’ This Contender Seemed To Get Th...

Reverend Al Sharpton’s annual National Action Network Conference offered one of the clearest early glimpses into the Democratic party’s potential 2028 presidential field — and one...

CD-12 Candidates Address Black Community Priorities at Lincoln Gardens

SOMERSET – Standing in front of the alter packed with CD-12 Democratic Primary candidates inside the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, the Rev. Pastor Dante Quick took the m...

Jamal Bryant’s New Birth Church Redefines the Modern Civil Rights Movement

*New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, the Atlanta-area megachurch led by Senior Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant, is advancing a bold and expanding vision for what the modern Black chu...

David Jolly to speak at National Action Network Convention, punctuating national momentum for Dems

Jolly is part of a slate of speakers that includes possible 2028 presidential candidates. The post David Jolly to speak at National Action Network Convention, punctuating national...

Sharpton Moves Longtime Civil Rights Group to New Home in Harlem

The Rev. Al Sharpton wants to leave his mark in the face of gentrification, which he says has diluted Harlem’s political power.

Pastor J. Edgar Boyd: The Power of the Black Vote

*Long before the United States became a nation, Black people helped build its foundation. Black men and women, some free and many enslaved, cleared land, tilled soil, built roads a...

Chicago Mayor Meets With Pope Leo XIV

Andrea Rosa & Giada Zampano, AP News Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast Pope Leo XIV as a powerful global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the C...

Early audition for 2028 hopefuls focuses on civil rights issues

Democratic speakers were pressed to address voting rights, affirmative action and other issues at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s four-day conference.

Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson Drops A Word On Transgenerational Wealth

It took Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson 30 seconds to inspire a little more than 700 Black men at the 2025 XCEL Summit for Men. Rev. Richardson, the senior pastor...

In Miami, rekindling the Black-Jewish alliance that Clarence Jones insisted never died

The day before the March on Washington in 1963, a man who embodied much of what that civil rights action was all about left this world. The march went on, and changed history, in d...

Democratic presidential prospects flock to New York to court activists at Al Sharpton's conference

NEW YORK (AP) — On the road to 2028, the Democratic Party's leading presidential prospects are warning African Americans that President Donald Trump is actively working to undermin...

A Great American Statesman: MLK and the Next 250

In his quest for racial equality, Martin Luther King Jr. never lost faith in America's founding promise.

Jeffries, James warn of voting rights threats at Detroit NAACP dinner

National leaders warned the Detroit NAACP of an ongoing attack on democracy during what organizers say is the largest sitdown dinner of its kind in the world Sunday. Speakers at th...

Clarence B. Jones, civil rights activist who helped write MLK's ‘I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95

Clarence B. Jones, a top civil rights activist and lawyer who helped write part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech, has died. He was 95. Jones wa...

Democrats State a Show of Respect for Al Sharpton. Really?

A 'Jackie Robinson Moment,' But Not How Jeffries Thinks

"It's a Jackie Robinson moment." That declaration by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries struck a curious chord because Jeffries was calling for Black athletes to boycott SEC con...

How James Talarico is working to win over Black voters who strongly backed Jasmine Crockett

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — At James Talarico’s first rally after Ken Paxton became his opponent in their US Senate race, one of Texas’ most prominent Black leaders, Rodney Elli...

First glimpse of 2028 Democratic field at National Action Network Convention

A horde of 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls attended Al Sharpton's National Action Network conference, nearly two years before the first primary votes will be cast.

Chicago mayor sees Pope Leo XIV as key ally on social justice, migration after Vatican meeting

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast Pope Leo XIV as a powerful global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican, saying...

Sharpton: Democrats want a ‘fighter’ to take on Trump amid 2028 speculation

"‘You knock me out or I’ll knock you out, Donald Trump.'"

‘Let the Bishop Cook’ – A Sermon That Divided Black America | WATCH

*A recent sermon from Bishop Patrick L. Wooden Sr. has ignited a firestorm across social media. The pastor of Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, NC, did not hold back a...

‘They can’t buy my seat’: Rev. Al Sharpton delivers a sharp message to Bezos and other billionaires at Met Gala

A year after making his Met Gala debut, the revereand made certain to let his words be as impactful as