A coalition thinks it has enough signatures to let Lincoln voters decide in May whether to ban housing discrimination in the ...
The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...
On his last full day in office on Sunday, President Biden issued five pardons, including one for political activist and black ...
On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who ...
President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil ...
It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by ...
Marcus Garvey influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.
Civil rights advocates and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that ...