In above photo: Officers and protesters face off along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest
JEFF DONN, AP National Writer The Justice Department has released its investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, concluding that city law enforcement practices are discriminatory and unconstitutional and calling for
The movie “Selma,” released nationwide on Friday, Jan. 9, depicts events leading up to the celebrated civil rights march from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery, the state’s capital, in 1965. Those
“Hands Up,” “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” have become ubiquitous, a rallying cry for legions disheartened and dismayed by excessive police violence and society’s willingness to turn a
Above: Stephen Hairston and Glenn Bratton As both a former Winston-Salem Police sergeant and Winston-Salem Branch NAACP president, Stephen Hairston sees