Civil Rights & Social Justice

Black History Month transformed America by restoring hidden histories, shaping education, and empowering Black communities.

The question sitting under everything right now is: Does NABJ actually understand how to operate under authoritarian pressure?

Black History Month's purpose of education and remembrance is threatened by commercialization and performative gestures, requiring commitment beyond February.

Pioneering Black leaders transformed society through education, activism, and resilience, laying a foundation for progress.

Video posted to Facebook shows multiple ICE agents tackling a man and dragging him to the ground, beating and subsequently shooting him.

Maryland has the highest population of Black people of any state outside the South. Reparations have been a priority for the Legislative Black Caucus.

Our subordination has never equated to the severing of melodies linking us beyond time, borders, and language. 

Joude Ellis of Dream Defenders provides us with an everyday guide to freedom-fighting for Black communities.

Black people across the globe have long fought for reparations to provide justice to African descendants still reeling from the brutal legacy of slavery and systemic racism.

On Dec. 16, a statue honoring Barbara Rose Johns—a Black teenager whose courage reshaped American education—was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. In 1951, Johns led a student walkout at her segregated Virginia high school, a bold act that helped dismantle school segregation nationwide. The unveiling marked a powerful shift in historical memory: her statue replaced […]

CBS News Chicago uncovered multiple instances of CPD stopping Black legal gun owners for minor traffic violations, then charging them with felony gun possession.

ICE is already targeting the Somali community in Minnesota indiscriminately as part of the Trump administration's crackdown.