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Civil Rights
Read an Excerpt From the New John Lewis Graphic Memoir 'Run'
By John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
How Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Political Representation
By Sanya Mansoor
The Forgotten Stories of America's Black Wall Streets
By Video by Arpita Aneja
Inside Ben Crump's Quest to Help David Beat Goliath
By Janell Ross/Minneapolis
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The Story Behind TIME's George Floyd Cover
As a jury's guilty verdicts were handed down on Tuesday to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, on trial for the murder of George Floyd, people across America found a moment to exhale. Houston-based artist...
By Victor Williams
April 22, 2021
Past Capitol Activists Slam Police Leniency to Pro-Trump Mob
Wednesday’s events have increased scrutiny around the question of who is allowed to feel safe on Capitol grounds
By Sanya Mansoor
January 8, 2021
The Anti-Gay 'Lavender Scare' Not Taught in Schools
Under President Eisenhower, the investigation, interrogation and removal of gay men and lesbians from the federal government became policy
By Suyin Haynes
December 22, 2020
Family of NY Inmate Who Died After Pepper Spray Speak Out
"Momma's not stopping until that jail goes down," says Donna Mays, Jamel Floyd's mother
By Sanya Mansoor
October 13, 2020
Police Officer Charged With Murder of Unarmed Black Man
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), officer Shaun Lucas was responding to a disturbance call of a "possible fight in progress" outside a gas station in Wolfe City on Saturday night. When officer Lucas arrived he had a confrontation with 31-year-old Jonathan Price.
By Josiah Bates
October 6, 2020
Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Records Offer Rare Insight
An unnamed juror filed a motion on accusing the Kentucky Attorney General of using the grand jury to deflect from his own responsibility
By Josiah Bates
September 30, 2020
What Is Critical Race Theory?
Here's what you need to know
By Cady Lang
September 29, 2020
Activists Grapple With Grand Jury’s Breonna Taylor Verdict
Louisville activists say that people weren't surprised by the grand jury’s decision, but many were still devastated
By Josiah Bates
September 25, 2020
Grand Jury Brings No Charges Over Breonna Taylor’s Death
A grand jury charged one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor—but only for his role shooting into neighboring apartments during the raid
By Josiah Bates
September 23, 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton Calls on Lawmakers to Act on Police Reform: 'The Time Has Come for Us to Go Back to Washington'
Civil rights icon Rev. Al Sharpton believes “the time has come for us to go back to Washington,” and on the 57th anniversary of the historic march when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his...
By Mariah Espada
August 27, 2020
Teen Charged After 2 Killed During Kenosha Protests
An Illinois teen has been arrested in Illinois in connection with the deaths of two people shot during protests in Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday night. In recent days, demonstrators in the city have rallied against...
By Josiah Bates
August 26, 2020
Why Some States Waited Decades to Ratify the 19th Amendment
The delay did not affect women's right to vote, but it did send a message about just how recently such an idea remained controversial
By Suyin Haynes
August 17, 2020
N.C. Inmate Taken Off Death Row For Racism At Trial
Marcus Robinson, who proved in 2012 that racism affected his sentence, was re-sentenced to life
By Madeleine Carlisle
August 14, 2020
How Black Women Won the Right to Vote
The activism of Black women often predated that of famous white suffragists—and still informs debates over what history is worth remembering
By Olivia B. Waxman
August 14, 2020
How Viral Videos of Racist Incidents Are Changing Society
A new documentary from TIME examines the response to three viral videos and how they sparked racial justice protests
By Erica Solano
August 4, 2020
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Dies
Rep. John Lewis, the longtime Georgia congressman and Civil Rights icon who was a protegé of Martin Luther King Jr., has died
By Alana Abramson
July 17, 2020
87 People Arrested During Breonna Taylor Protest Outside Kentucky Attorney General's Home
Eighty-seven people were arrested and each charged with a felony Tuesday after protesting outside the home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to demand justice for the death of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville Metro Police...
By Madeleine Carlisle
July 15, 2020
The Long Legacy of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest died in 1877, yet the slave trader and Klan leader still haunts the American landscape
By Connor Towne O’Neill
July 13, 2020
Hate Crime Charge Sought After BLM Mural Vandalized
"The narrative of racism, it's a lie," the man said in an incident captured on video
By Katie Reilly
July 8, 2020
Noose Found in Johns Hopkins University Building
The school described the incident as a "possible hate crime"
By Madeleine Carlisle
July 4, 2020
Multiple Aurora Police Officers Placed on Administrative Leave Due to Photos Allegedly Taken Near Where Elijah McClain Died
Multiple police officers are under investigation after they were allegedly photographed near the site where Elijah McClain died
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 30, 2020
History and the Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter
America's racial reckoning has reignited conversations about anti-Blackness, privilege and solidarity within the Asian American community
By Cady Lang
June 26, 2020
The Unstoppable History of Pride Parades
“One way or another, we will have Pride, and we have to continue the fight”
By Suyin Haynes
June 26, 2020
The Standoff Over in Trump's Backyard
Demonstrations over racial justice have continued in dozens of cities across the nation for the past several weeks, but few protest sites have illustrated the dissonance between the Trump Administration and the Black Lives Matter...
By Lissandra Villa
June 23, 2020
Sherrilyn Ifill: Time For 'Transformative Change' in America
Sherrilyn Ifill, Director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), said that America has entered a period of protests and social reckoning akin to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. "We think...
By Josiah Bates
June 23, 2020
How Millions of Americans Observed Juneteenth
'Really hyper local celebrations are breaking out into the mainstream'
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 19, 2020
'It Was About Time.' Watch Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Explain Why Recent Protests Give Her Hope
"It made me think about the day that I walked up those stairs when I integrated Frantz school"
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 19, 2020
Family of Black Man Killed by Indianapolis Police Officer File Lawsuit
The family of Dreasjon "Sean" Reed, the 21-year-old Black man who was killed by a police officer in Indianapolis in May, have filed a lawsuit against the department for using "excessive and deadly force" in...
By Josiah Bates
June 16, 2020
A Problem With the Focus on Whether George Floyd Protests are Nonviolent
Debates about the right way to protest are hundreds of years old—but, historians say, that focus can often obscure the real story of social change
By Olivia B. Waxman
June 11, 2020
N.C. Supreme Court Rules on Racial Justice Act Hearings
The ruling comes amid mass protests across the U.S. to demand an end to systemic racism
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 5, 2020
D.C. Protesters Say Trump Galvanizing Their Cause
If curfews and crackdowns were meant to lower protests' intensity, they’ve had the opposite effect
By Lissandra Villa
June 3, 2020
D.C. Resident Shelters Protesters in His Home Overnight
After he closed and locked his door, the people who were inside were putting water and milk in their eyes, while the police were shooting pepper spray in through his window. There were around 70 people in his home
By Josiah Bates
June 2, 2020
What Is the Insurrection Act And Does it Give Trump the Authority to Send Military Troops Into States? Here’s What To Know
Here's what to know about the 213-year-old law
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 2, 2020
Trump’s Costly Show of Force
Trump’s moment at St. John's Church came at a huge cost—using the full force of the federal government to quash a peaceful protest
By Brian Bennett
June 2, 2020
Minneapolis Protests Were Years in the Making
'If you talk to enough people in Minneapolis, it wasn't if this was going to happen. It was when,' one anti-racist activist tells TIME
By Josiah Bates
June 1, 2020
Bus Drivers Refuse to Move Protesters for Police
Several transportation unions have issued statements of solidarity and demanding justice in George Floyd’s murder
By Madeleine Carlisle
May 30, 2020
After George Floyd's Death: Voices Behind Photos
'My job is just to document a visual diary,' a Minneapolis photographer tells TIME. 'Obviously, we are in need of a deep conversation about police reform because this keeps happening'
By Karl Vick
May 30, 2020
Minneapolis Activists Call For Drastic Change After George Floyd's Murder
'This has been brewing for years,' Owen Duckworth, a community organizer with Minneapolis racial justice and equality advocacy group The Alliance, tells TIME
By Josiah Bates
May 29, 2020
Murder Charge in George Floyd Killing
Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter
By Madeleine Carlisle
May 29, 2020
CNN Crew Covering Minneapolis Protests Arrested Live on Air
A CNN news crew covering the protests against the killing of George Floyd by police officers, were arrested by police this morning live on air in Minneapolis. Police officials claim they made the arrest because...
By Mélissa Godin
May 29, 2020
Minneapolis Police Precinct Burns
Minnesota governor authorizes full mobilization of Minnesota National Guard to handle the unrest
By Michael Zennie
May 28, 2020
The Activist Origins of the Term 'Asian American'
Before that point, people of Asian descent in the U.S. would generally refer to themselves by their specific ethnic subgroup, and activism was likewise separate
By Anna Purna Kambhampaty
May 22, 2020
The $60,000 Telegram That Helped Abraham Lincoln Abolish Slavery
Lincoln's ability to pass what became the Emancipation Proclamation hinged on a successful reelection campaign
By Ainissa Ramirez / The MIT Press Reader
May 6, 2020
Rosa Parks Predecessors Recall Their History-Making Acts of Resistance
In rare interviews, Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith-Ware spoke to TIME about how their peaceful acts of defiance helped bring about a new stage of the civil rights movement
By Olivia B. Waxman
March 2, 2020
The Story Behind an Interactive Interview with a Civil Rights Activist
The story behind an interactive interview with Joyce Ladner
By Olivia B. Waxman
February 27, 2020
'We Have to Redeem the Soul of America.' John Lewis on What’s Changed and What Hasn’t Since the March on Washington
John Lewis remembers the 1963 March on Washington, and what came after
By John Lewis
February 20, 2020
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