Civil Rights

A Wednesday night ruling in a federal court case brought by CAIR refuses to reverse the state's "terrorist" designation. Despite ongoing legal action, as of Nov. 5, the Muslim civil rights group's operations and funding are suspended.

Attorney General James Uthmeier is investigating whether the league has committed potential civil rights violations related to the Rooney Rule and the other employment practices, policies and programs.

Lance Markeith Felton and Marc Coleman play Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., respectively.

Bending the Arc, a program created by the Boxser Diversity Initiative in Sarasota, offers high school students in Sarasota and Manatee counties an immersive education in civil rights history.

"Triumph: Tampa's Untold Chapter in the Civil Rights Movement," produced by Tampa PBS station WEDU, tells the story of the F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in in 1960.

We learn plenty from Tampa International Airport CEO Michael Stephens during a special interview on "Florida Matters Live & Local." Also, a bit of local history you may not know about.

According to the decision, the law is in violation of Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, however the outcome of the issue might ultimately hinge on an appeals court ruling in a Georgia case.

In "American Scare," Fieseler writes about a period in Florida toward the end of McCarthyism, when a legislative inquest targeted Black and gay activists. During his research, he finds parallels to today.

The surviving participants of Tampa's sit-in were recognized for their efforts in the Civil Rights Movement.

The plaintiffs say the problem is particularly acute in Miami-Dade, Broward, Duval, and Orange counties, which have large black populations.

Sonya Mallard’s sense of home in Florida deepened in 2013 when she discovered the Moore Cultural Complex in Mims near Titusville, where she became the cultural coordinator.