Civil rights

Josephine Baker: Dancer, spy, and champion against racism and antisemitism

From Paris stages to WWII spy missions, Josephine Baker fought racism and antisemitism while inspiring generations worldwide.

|ByBARRY BORMAN
Havana Baker: Josephine in Cuba, 1950; photo by Rudolf Suroch.
Rev. Jesse Jackson attends Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.

Jesse Jackson helped legitimize the antisemitism poisoning America today - opinion

In legitimizing high-brow and low-brow antisemitism, he strengthened the ideological foundation triggering today’s multi-dimensional Jew-hating storm, uniting anti-Zionism with antisemitism.

|ByGIL TROY
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.

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
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

Ahmaud Arbery's killers convicted on all federal hate-crimes charges

All three men were found guilty of violating Arbery's civil rights by attacking him because of his race.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022ByREUTERS
A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, US, November 24, 2021

'Most arrested rabbi' who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies at 92

Civil rights activist and Freedom Rider rabbi Israel “Sy” Dresner died Thursday at age 92.

JANUARY 17, 2022BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1963

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.