From "Mothers of the Movement" to former attorney general Eric Holder and Bernie Sanders, the NAN convention is required attendance for those who are serious about the sanctity of Black life in America.

After bonding with GRIFF over the close proximity of their birthdays, Reverend Al Sharpton talked with him and Maurette Brown-Clark about the National Action Network’s 2016 Triumph awards. The show honors and highlights people and organizations that have used their positions and platform to fight the good fight for civil and human rights! He explains […]

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The Alfred Olango shooting raises more questions about the nation's police. How should they respond to the mentally ill?

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When footage surfaced of a Columbia, SC high school student being flipped in her desk and then dragged across the floor by a school resource…

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In August of 2013 several national Black Civil Rights organizations came together to set a Black Agenda. This conglomeration of organizations included the National Urban League,…

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In the wake of the Department of Justice’s scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department and their racially biased procedures, Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne…

Erica Garner, daughter of slain cigarette seller Eric Garner, says comments she made about Rev. Al Sharpton in a video released by conservative activist James O’Keefe‘s…

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Washington, D.C. hosted the most high-profile and traditional of Saturday’s protests against racial bias in the legal system.  The march and rally was organized by National Action…

(In picture: Mrs. Michael Cummings (r) presents Rev. Al Sharpton (2nd left) with his birthday cake with (l) Judge Greg Mathis and (2ndright) LBR’s Robert…

Thirteen organizations — which include the ACLU, NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Action Network, and Rainbow Push Coalition — sent…