civil rights

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a longtime civil rights activist, has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony at Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The National Civil Rights Museum says it will bestow its annual Freedom Award on journalist Soledad O'Brien, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and three others.

The safety of countless residents may be at risk while the State of New York is spending as yet untold sums of money in the search for two prisoners who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility more than four days ago.

Utica, NY (WIBX) -  Leon Koziol's federal civil rights lawsuit has been consolidated with a pervious case. Instead of a test case, the suits are being designated as a Lead Case and a Member Case. Koziol is suing the New York State Chief Justice and Unified Court System, among others, over what he calls out-dated and unfair laws for parents and children, including custoday and child support... Read