by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Rev. Jesse Jackson has announced his support for former Amazon employee Chris Smalls, who has spearheaded...
A newly released poll illuminates what African Americans have always known, but that a cadre of Caucasians are just now discerning and beginning to admit:…
The Reverend Jesse Jackson talks to the news media following a news conference held by the National Bar Association where they addressed what they say are inequalities in the U.S. justice system related to gun violence and African-Americans, July 29, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday demanded an apology from longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for comparing the state's struggle with the Trayvon Martin case to the civil rights clashes with police during the 1960s in Selma, Ala.
Sabrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, center, speaks during a news conference held by the National Bar Association where they addressed what they say are inequalities in the U.S. justice system related to gun violence and African-Americans, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. Also shown from left to right are Cleopatra Pendleton, Nathaniel Pendleton, John Page, National Bar Association President and Fulton's attorney Benjamin Crump. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin joined a prominent African-American lawyers organization in vowing Monday to keep the pressure on legislators to repeal or overhaul "stand your ground" self-defense laws.
