Civil rights

Jewish students warn against politicizing campus antisemitism at Civil Rights Commission meeting

The commission, which has the power to issue subpoenas, is appointed by Congress and the president and currently has a narrow Democratic majority.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
A PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrator holds a sign that reads, ‘Glory to the martyrs, victory to the resistance,’ on Columbia University campus, on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.
Civil Rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with guests at the National Bar Association's annual convention on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader and two-time candidate, dies at 84

Jackson was a civil rights icon, a Baptist minister, and ran twice as a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential primaries.

|ByJAMES GENN
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism - opinion

The question is not what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say today – he already told us. The question is whether we are prepared to listen.

|ByMARC SCHNEIER
Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, US February 3, 2005.

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

Although she remained a largely unsung figure in the civil rights movement for decades, Colvin's 1955 act of rebellion inspired Parks and others.

|ByREUTERS

Zionists helped defeat segregation in Baltimore - opinion

This story began in the autumn of 1946, when the Zionist activists known as the Bergson Group sponsored a Broadway play called 'A Flag is Born.'

JANUARY 12, 2022ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
Child survivors of the Holocaust ride aboard the S.S. Ben Hecht.

Prominent Bay Area Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists,’ drawing rebukes from Jewish groups

A Muslim civil rights attorney implored pro-Palestinian conference-goers in Chicago to vigorously oppose 'polite Zionists,' including the ADL, Jewish Federations, Hillel and 'Zionist Synagogues.'

DECEMBER 10, 2021ByGABE STUTMAN / JTA
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

Malcolm X's daughter found dead in Brooklyn apartment

The 56-year-old Malikah Shabazz was one of the six daughters of the famed minister and Black empowerment activist.

NOVEMBER 23, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X wait for a press conference to begin in an unknown location, March 26, 1964

Malcolm X's convicted killers to be exonerated - Manhattan DA

He was shot dead at New York City's Audubon Ballroom while preparing to deliver a speech. Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted in the shooting.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021ByREUTERS
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X wait for a press conference to begin in an unknown location, March 26, 1964

Will Israel take next steps in advancing civil marriage? - opinion

Parties, like Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu, Labor and Meretz have repeatedly declared their support for the introduction of civil marriage in Israel. The moment of truth is now.

NOVEMBER 11, 2021ByURI REGEV
YISRAEL BEYTENU chairman Avigdor Liberman presides over a civil marriage outside the Knesset, last year.

Mexico City to replace Columbus statue with one of indigenous woman

The Columbus statue will be relocated to a "worthy" place in the city, the mayor said.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021ByREUTERS
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Monument in Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma

Students to engage in civil service based on Jewish values - Hillel

A new initiative called the "Repair Campus Corps Program" will bring Jewish students to learn and then engage in civil service based on Jewish values during the '21-'22 college year.

AUGUST 31, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hillel House at University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Thousands march in Washington, citing civil and voting rights

AUGUST 29, 2021ByREUTERS
No Fear Rally in Washington DC, July 20, 2021.

Pandemic has created unprecedented constitutional challenges - analysis

“The Constitution is not a suicide pact,” Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote over 70 years ago. A nation’s strongest instinct, after all, is survival – even at the cost of individual rights.

AUGUST 10, 2021ByKENNETH LASSON
A COVID-19 testing center in Tel Aviv. A nation's strongest instinct is survival - even at the cost of individual rights.

Pulitzers honor Darnella Frazier for phone video of George Floyd murder

Frazier has rarely discussed the video she made, but she testified for the prosecution at Chauvin's murder trial this year

JUNE 12, 2021ByREUTERS
A mural depicts African-American man George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody, at Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, May 30, 2020.