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UNITED STATES - JULY 22: Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, testifies during the Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing titled 2020 General Election Preparation, in Russell Building on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Kristen Clarke Becomes First Woman Of Color To Head DOJ Civil Rights Division

She’s a longtime civil rights lawyer.
05/26/2021
Demanding justice on BET Buzz 2021
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3 Ways To Continue Demanding Justice Now That The Derek Chauvin Trial Is Over

The guilty Chauvin verdict is only the beginning. 
04/29/2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about a jury’s verdict in the case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

3 Main Things To Know About the Justice Department’s Investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department

The probe will analyze the department’s behaviors.
04/22/2021

This Day in Black History: Feb. 2, 2009

Eric Holder was named first Black U.S. Attorney General.
02/02/2020

Louisiana Attorney General Says Officers Who Brutally Murdered Alton Sterling Won’t Face Charges

His family members were furious upon hearing the decision.
05/03/2017
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Hiawatha Robinson's Trial Begins in Alabama for Murder and Rape of His 8-Year-Old Daughter

New details were released during opening statements.
08/25/2016
News, National News, Department of Justice, Report, Baltimore, Baltimore Police Department, Discrimination, Police Brutality, Stop and Frisk, Black Lives Matter, Freddie Gray
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Justice Department Releases Report Calling Baltimore Police 'Racist, Violent and Lawless'

Baltimore police say they hope to build community trust.
08/10/2016
News, National News, Phoenix, Octavia Rogers, Murder, Criminal Justice, 2016
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Family Speaks Out About Mom Who Murdered 3 Sons in Phoenix

More developments in the Octavia Rogers case.
06/14/2016
News, National News, Davontae Sanford, Taminko Sanford, Vincent Smothers, Kym Worth, crime, justice, Detroit
1:46

Judge Frees Detroit Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder At the Age of 14

23-year-old Davontae Sanford is a free man now.
06/09/2016
News, Discrimination, Mississippi, Desegregation, Integration, Segregation, Equal Rights, School System, Department of Justice
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Mississippi Town Ordered to Desegregate Its Schools, Finally

A Mississippi school district enters the 21st century.
05/17/2016
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This Week 02.12

Ferguson's lawsuit, NH Primaries and Beyonce's 'Formation'!
02/12/2016