Race and Civil Rights
December 27, 2011 -
On September 21, 2011, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia by lethal injection, capping a 20-year legal battle. In our countdown of Facing South's top stories of 2011, we look at the case that galvanized a national movement and forced questions about race, the death penalty and criminal justice into the national debate.
December 15, 2011 -
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have reaffirmed the educational and civic benefits of diversity and the damaging pitfalls of school segregation.
December 13, 2011 -
After civil rights and good government groups launch new campaigns to fight new voting restrictions, the Obama Justice Department is signaling its willingness to push back against laws they argue could lock out disenfranchised voters in 2012.
December 8, 2011 -
At a major conference in North Carolina next March, the Art Pope-funded Civitas Institute has invited a lead speaker best known for pushing a constitutional amendment making it easier for states to secede from the U.S.A.
November 29, 2011 -
During debate before the North Carolina Senate voted to repeal a law addressing racial bias in death-penalty administration, Republicans refused to respond seriously to studies that show race plays a role in who's sentenced to death.
November 29, 2011 -
The United Houma Nation is petitioning for federal tribal status while fighting to maintain a way of life imperiled by the BP oil disaster.
November 10, 2011 -
Members of black, Latino and other ethnic media met recently in the city that was at the center of the civil rights movement to explore responses to Alabama's anti-immigration law.
