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Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Sparks Outcry from NAACP and Civil Rights Leaders

Tuesday, May 5 by Haleigh Reichen

The recent Supreme Court ruling on Section two of the Voting Right Act of 1965 has struck a blow to voting rights. That is the belief of the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights group. The Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision, siding with a... Read More.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at age 84

Tuesday, February 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, Baptist minister and pioneering politician who launched two bids for the U.S. presidency, died on Tuesday morning at the age of 84, his family said in a statement."Our father was a servant leader... Read More.

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Israeli government adopts measures increasing civil control of West Bank, drawing condemnation from Palestinians and regional Arab states

Tuesday, February 10 by ABC News

(LONDON and TEL AVIV) -- The Israeli government adopted a series of significant, bureaucratically complex measures that would allow Israelis and Jews abroad to more easily purchase and build on contested land in the West Bank, consolidating Israeli control in the area that would... Read More.

Special Judge Dismisses Civil Lawsuit Against Jefferson County Judge, Quorum Court Justices

Tuesday, December 16 by Luke Matheson

A civil lawsuit filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court against County Judge Gerald Robinson and several justices of the peace has been dismissed after a judge ruled the plaintiffs failed to present sufficient allegations for the court to consider any justiciable issues. In an order... Read More.

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Pine Bluff NAACP Honors Community Leaders and Civil Rights Trailblazers

Tuesday, October 28 by Rick Walker

The Pine Bluff Branch of the NAACP recognized 14 individuals and one business for their contributions to the community Friday evening during its 33rd Annual Dove Freedom Fund Banquet, which featured keynote speaker Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine. The Little Rock Nine... Read More.

Justice Delivered as Former Deputies Face Prison for Civil Rights Violations

Thursday, October 10 by Luke Matheson

Two former deputies from the Crawford County Sheriff's Office have been sentenced to federal prison for federal civil rights crimes by Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey. United States Attorney Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas announced the sentences, which took place at the... Read More.

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Kristen Clarke, DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Right, Visits Pine Bluff

Tuesday, April 25 by Staff

Kristen Clarke, assistant Attorney General for Civil Right at the U.S. Department of Justice, visited Pine Bluff Tuesday for a roundtable meeting to discuss and hear about racial issues in south Arkansas. Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington hosted the event at downtown’s Art Space. Washington... Read More.

Former sheriff’s deputies charged with civil rights violations

Thursday, January 26 by Ray King

FORT SMITH – The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a federal Grand Jury returned an Indictment charging former Crawford County, Arkansas, Sheriff’s Deputies Levi White, age 32, and Zackary King, age 27, with federal civil rights offenses for using excessive force on a 27-year-old... Read More.

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Governor directs Guardsmen to deactivate from civil disturbance mission

Monday, June 8 by Greg

Arkansas National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will deactivate and return home after being directed to support the Arkansas State Police in a civil disturbance mission that began on May 31 after the death of Mr. George Floyd in Minnesota. Arkansans took to the streets of... Read More.

Arkansas Civil Rights Leader John Walker Dies At 82

Monday, October 28 by Staff

Arkansas lawmaker and civil rights leader John Walker died Monday at the age of 82. Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs said Walker was pronounced dead at his home at 6:25 a.m. Hobbs said Walker is believed to have died from natural causes. Walker, a Hope native,... Read More.

Stories tagged with: civil

Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Sparks Outcry from NAACP and Civil Rights Leaders

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at age 84

Israeli government adopts measures increasing civil control of West Bank, drawing condemnation from Palestinians and regional Arab states

Special Judge Dismisses Civil Lawsuit Against Jefferson County Judge, Quorum Court Justices

Pine Bluff NAACP Honors Community Leaders and Civil Rights Trailblazers

Justice Delivered as Former Deputies Face Prison for Civil Rights Violations

Kristen Clarke, DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Right, Visits Pine Bluff

Former sheriff’s deputies charged with civil rights violations

Governor directs Guardsmen to deactivate from civil disturbance mission

Arkansas Civil Rights Leader John Walker Dies At 82

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