civil rights

Complaint alleging freeway expansion having disproportionate impact on communities of color pending.

The late civil rights icon, Vel Phillips, is remembered and praised for continuing to help people.

James Hall is remembered as a staunch civil rights defender who fought for the underrepresented and underserved people in Milwaukee for decades. He died at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer.

Denzel Taylor, former host of All Things Considered at WUWM, will direct "The Meeting" as part of the Milwaukee Black Theatre Festival this year. The play focuses on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and stars Nahjee Robinson.

After longstanding efforts to get approved, a statue honoring the influential politician will be added to the Wisconsin State Capitol next year.

A local environmental organization recognizes a Milwaukee journalist for outstanding reporting. The Sierra Club Great Waters Group will bestow its environmental Hero of the Year Award to Isaiah Holmes.

Today, the nation celebrates the birthday and the life and activism of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement. The Marcus Performing Arts Center is honoring the Civil Rights figure with its 38th Annual King Day program to highlight youth in the community.

A listener recently discovered a piece of cultural and legal history on a break from jury duty at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, and wanted to know the story behind the Mahatma Gandhi statue.

In 1965, activist Rev. James Reeb traveled from Boston, Mass. to Selma, Ala. to participate in the civil rights movement. He was murdered — dying of head…

About three years ago, now 14-year-old Marley Dias decided to collect and donate 1,000 children’s books featuring black girls as the lead character. It…