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Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. pose for a photo in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, August 26, 2023, in Washington, as they gather to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 26, 2023, 11:23 pm
Thousands converge on National Mall to mark March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
‘Have we reached the mountaintop? Not by a long shot,’ one leading activist says on spot where hundreds of thousands gathered in 1963
By Aaron Morrison
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
April 21, 2021, 12:29 pm
Throughout US, guilty verdict in Floyd’s death brings joy — and wariness
Black Lives Matter activists say they have sensed rare taste of justice, but celebrations are dented by more police killings; ‘there is a lot of work to be done,’ one woman says
By Aaron Morrison, Gillian Flaccus and Jacquelyn Martin
People march with those who claim they are members of the Proud Boys extremist group at a rally in support of US President Donald Trump in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
February 1, 2021, 3:11 pm
Right-wing hate groups harder to track as they migrate online, says US watchdog
Right-wing extremists grouping under loosely affiliated movement based on rejecting democratic institutions and multiculturalism; levels of hate in US have not diminished – report
By Aaron Morrison
The Lincoln Memorial is reflected in the water as people gather to attend the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, in Washington, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 28, 2020, 8:34 pm
Thousands gather for March on Washington civil rights commemorations
March, capping week of protests over police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, expected to be largest political gathering in US capital since coronavirus pandemic
By Aaron Morrison and Kat Stafford
In this June 19, 2020, file photo, George Floyd's name is written on the windshield as John Coy wears a shirt that reads Black Lives Matter and stands through his sunroof with his fist in the air at 16th Street Northwest renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 2, 2020, 5:32 am
Movement for Black lives plans virtual national convention
Thousands of activists will gather August 28, via livestream, to produce new political agenda to build on protests that followed George Floyd’s death
By Aaron Morrison
A protester looks up at a sign that reads "Black Lives Matter" in Marseille, southern France, during a protest against the recent death of George Floyd, June 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)
June 12, 2020, 7:59 am
Black Lives Matter goes mainstream after Floyd’s death
Protests sparked by police killing have changed the landscape of black activism, and veteran demonstrators are carefully assessing how they should respond
By David Crary and Aaron Morrison
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, second from right, and First Lady Sarah Clarke, right, pause before George Floyd's casket, June 4, 2020, before a memorial service for Floyd in Minneapolis. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
June 5, 2020, 4:18 am
Floyd mourned, celebrated at memorial service as death used as call to action
Family, celebrities, leading politicians eulogize George Floyd at Minneapolis event, call for changes to policing and criminal justice system
By Aaron Morrison
Terrence Floyd sits silently at the spot at where his brother George Floyd, encountered police and died while in their custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1, 2020. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
June 2, 2020, 2:06 am
Floyd’s brother pleads for peace; Trump takes combative tone
Terrence Floyd at scene of death says violence won’t ‘bring my brother back’ as US president berates governors as ‘weak’ for not cracking down harder on demonstrators
By Aaron Morrison and Matt Sedensky
Police officers walk enveloped by teargas in Portland, Friday, March 29, 2020 (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)
May 31, 2020, 1:57 am
US cities brace for increasing unrest, call in National Guard amid mass protests
Peaceful demonstrations have been held in dozens of cities over latest death of black man at hands of police, but many have descended into violence and chaos
By Aaron Morrison, Sean Murphy and brian melley
In this April 7, 2020 photo, Erica Harris, right, and her daughter Jordan, wear their protective masks as they walk back home after getting a lunch and homework from the child’s school on Chicago’s Southside in Chicago (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
April 9, 2020, 2:32 am
Outcry over racial data grows as virus hits black Americans hard
Economic realities and healthcare inequality have led to pandemic appearing to kill African Americans at a higher rate
By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer and Aaron Morrison
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