The descendants of civil rights leader Marcus Garvey are asking President Joe Biden to grant a posthumous pardon for his 1923 conviction for mail fraud.
Black community leaders called the theme disrespectful, noting that Black Americans were once barred from attending the circus in the majority-white town.
Federal prosecutors have announced a civil rights investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department Friday in the wake of reports of systemic racism against Black
Copeland joined — for the first time ever — four pioneering Black ballerinas, Lydia Abarca-Mitchell, Sheila Rohan, Gayle McKinney-Griffith and Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, who made history domestically