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Dukes is remembered as a leader on issues such as police brutality, educational inequality and housing discrimination.

The music world gathered at New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church to celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Roberta Flack.

A public memorial service bursting with music, including planned performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise one by Lauryn ...

For decades, Flack's songs have been the backdrop for countless love stories, such as "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." ...

Three House Democrats joins MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," and the ongoing ...

It’s the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and civil rights activists took to the streets of Selma, Alabama to remember the ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

The older brother of Irvo Otieno filed a lawsuit against the hospital where Otieno stayed for several hours in the throes of a mental health crisis. The hospital was later ...

Civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Dukes, former NAACP president and Harlem activist, passes away at 92, leaving a legacy of ...

Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, a prominent civil rights activist and longtime president of the NAACP New York State Conference, has ...

Dukes died at her New York home Saturday morning with her family by her side ... Hazel Dukes," said Rev. Al Sharpton in a statement. "She was a force of nature for justice and an activist of the ...