The $10 million to the Massey estate via the settlement is believed to be the single largest payout in Sangamon County ...

LIBERTY, Mo. (CN) — Andrew Lester, who shot a Black teenager who mistakenly knocked on the door of his north Kansas City home in April 2023, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a Class D felony, ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a memorial and rally for victims of the catastrophic Southern California wildfires that left ...

Ben Crump at the scene of a burned-down residence in Altadena – photo via Najee Ali Ben Crump and LA activist Najee Ali at the scene of a burned-down residence in Altadena – photo via Najee Ali ...

An elderly Missouri man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl after he mistakenly went to the man’s front door will plead guilty in ...

Sonya Massey was shot and killed in her home by a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy after she called to report a prowler. On Tuesday night, the Sangamon County Board approved a $10 million settlement ...

Rev. Al Sharpton came to Altadena with lawyer Ben Crump on Feb. 6, honoring wildfire victims and exhorting residents to have ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Courtesy photo She was among the largely Black residents of Altadena, the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County north of Pasadena that was devastated by the ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

On the first day of Black History Month, MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton convenes a special Civil Rights Summit where leaders in the movement including Martin Luther King III, Benjamin Crump and Judith ...

The former New Orleans Saints player's family called on others, including the NFL, to advocate for Foster — who died while in ...