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Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but disparity remains

By Jim Salter Jun. 01, 2021 04:17 PM EDT
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

This undated family photo, shows Jamar Medor, of Fairfield, Conn., a student at Fairfield Warde High School. The arrest of a Connecticut high school student, who is white, accused of posting racist comments about Medor on social media, is being supported by civil rights advocates, but free speech groups are calling it an unusual move by police that raises First Amendment issues. Medor told WABC-TV that he and his family are still shocked by the posting, and he had never experienced racism in school before. He said he stayed home from school one day because he didn't feel comfortable. “I just had no words when I saw it. I was so confused,” he said. (Courtesy Judith Medor via AP)
Student's arrest for racist post sparks free speech debate

By Dave Collins May. 19, 2021 07:41 AM EDT

Workers at a mostly empty COVID-19 vaccination clinic located at Cathedral of the Cross A.O.H. Church of God in Birmingham, Ala., are shown on Monday, May 3, 2021. Health officials say vaccine demand is on the decline in some places, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she will soon end a state health order and state of emergency enacted because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Alabama NAACP offering chance to win $1,000 with vaccination

May. 06, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Daily Record. April 25, 2021. Editorial: Victims have waited long enough, open Pennsylvania’s courtroom doors ...

Vaccine clinic for Black, indigenous and people of color

Apr. 27, 2021 02:00 AM EDT
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — A vaccination clinic is being held this week at Middlebury College for Black, indigenous, and people of color. The...

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after shooting a 3-point basket against the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Curry, WNBA players receive Jackie Robinson award from NAACP

By Janie Mccauley Mar. 18, 2021 11:10 AM EDT

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper listens to a question during a briefing at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)
Cooper, N.C. prison officials agree to release 3,500 inmates

By Bryan Anderson Feb. 25, 2021 03:50 PM EST

St. Louis NAACP files complaint on lack of prisoner vaccines

Feb. 19, 2021 05:16 PM EST
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis NAACP filed federal civil rights complaints against Missouri over the lack of coronavirus vaccinations for prisoners. ...

NAACP files suit over virus outbreak at Georgia prison

By Russ Bynum Jan. 22, 2021 03:33 PM EST
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The NAACP has filed suit against Georgia prison officials, blaming a lack of COVID-19 testing and insufficient safeguards for an outbreak...

Maine officials urge recommitment to realizing King's dream

Jan. 18, 2021 09:38 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine officials paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday as they said the country grapples with racial inequity and...

FILE- In this May 29, 2005 file photo, colorful motorcycles stand in line in Atlantic Beach S.C., during the 2005 Atlantic Beach Bikefest. The city of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is in the second week of a federal trial over whether it discriminates against thousands of Black tourists who visit every May to celebrate motorcycle culture. (Randall Hill/The Sun News via AP, File)
Black bikers see racism in Myrtle Beach, SC, traffic plan

By Michelle Liu Dec. 09, 2020 08:52 AM EST

Civil rights leader Rogers Johnson dies at 62

Nov. 14, 2020 09:12 AM EST
STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) — Rogers Johnson, a former New Hampshire lawmaker and longtime civil rights leader, has died. Johnson, who served as...

Detroit NAACP to monitor voting sites for intimidation

By Corey Williams Oct. 27, 2020 03:26 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit NAACP branch announced Tuesday that its members and area attorneys will monitor polls across the city and state on Election Day for...

FILE - In this June 2, 2020 file photo, voters wait in a line outside Broad Ripple High School to vote in the Indiana primary in Indianapolis. Indiana election officials are bracing for perhaps 10 times more mail-in ballots for this fall's election than four years ago. The secretary of state office's projection of 1.3 million to 1.8 million mailed ballots means more than half of Indiana's voters might choose that option rather than heading to polling sites for the Nov. 3 election amid coronavirus exposure worries (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Judge tells Indiana to count ballots mailed by Election Day

By Tom Davies Sep. 30, 2020 12:32 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Sep. 02, 2020 01:39 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Aug. 29 The Houma Courier on helping those...

N.C. judge won't halt use of touch-screen vote-mark machines

By Gary D. Robertson Aug. 20, 2020 02:22 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Certain touch-screen ballot-marking machines will remain in use in North Carolina this fall, a judge ruled in a case in which voters...

FILE - Actor-filmmaker and author Tyler Perry poses for a portrait in New York on Nov. 16, 2017. Perry has won awards from the NAACP and BET. Now he's getting a big one from the Television Academy. He and his foundation are the recipients of the 2020 Governors Award. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
Tyler Perry's work honored with 2020 Governors Award

By Mark Kennedy Aug. 18, 2020 09:03 AM EDT

Lawsuit: Louisiana doing too little to protect voting rights

By Melinda Deslatte Aug. 03, 2020 05:35 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Voting rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Louisiana's governor and chief elections officer, saying the state is...

FILE - Charles Evers watches as people mill around the front yard of the Jackson, Miss., home of his brother, the late civil rights leader Medgar Evers, after the National Park Service unveiled a bronze plaque, center, showing the Jackson, Miss., home as a national historic landmark, May 24, 2018. Evers, a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020. He was 97. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

By Emily Wagster Pettus Jul. 22, 2020 03:14 PM EDT

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By The Associated Press Jul. 15, 2020 02:48 PM EDT
VIACOMCBS DROPS NICK CANNON, CITES ‘ANTI-SEMITIC’ COMMENTS LOS ANGELES (AP) —ViacomCBS says it’s cutting ties with Nick Cannon because of...