Civil rights

The winners of Accelerate: Citizens Make Change civic pitch competition pose on stage

Initiative to make learning more accessible through comics wins Accelerate civic pitch competition

Jay Shah

This is the 10th year of the annual competition put on by the Cleveland Leadership Center, which gives funds to ideas that improve communities.

Two people lift off the cover of the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church's new Civil Rights Trail marker in front of the church.

Race, Gender & Identity

Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church honored with Cleveland Civil Rights Trail marker

Abigail Bottar

The church was selected by the Cleveland Restoration Society to receive an Ohio Historical Marker for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.

FILE - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Actor-singer Sammy Davis Jr. is at bottom right.

Community

Urban League of Greater Cleveland celebrates 60th anniversary of March on Washington

Grace Springer

Aug. 28 marks the anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Army troops transporter and tank with Ukrainian flag in Ukraine

Sound of Ideas

Author provides perspective on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Leigh Barr

This week marks one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with no end in sight.

E.T. Caviness sitting in his apartment building.

Community

Cleveland's longest serving pastor celebrates 61st anniversary

Abigail Bottar

Rev. E.T. Caviness has been serving the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church since 1961.

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to protesters outside of Cleveland City Hall.

Protesters call for more inclusion of Black contractors in Sherwin Williams' global headquarters

Abigail Bottar

The company is working with 57 minority-owned, woman-owned and small business firms, but protesters say that's not enough.

This March 26, 1972 file photo shows the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaking to reporters at the Operation PUSH Soul Picnic in New York as Tom Todd, vice president of PUSH, from second left, Aretha Franklin and Louis Stokes.

NPR News

The FBI monitored Aretha Franklin's role in the civil rights movement for years

Ayana Archie

The agency surveilled Franklin and those around her to gauge how deeply she was involved in organizations tied to Communism, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement.

An image of Market St. in Highland Square neighborhood of Akron

Government & Politics

Highland Square Gets a New Champion on Akron City Council

Sarah Taylor

A long-time civil rights attorney who has served on the city's civil rights commission, Nancy Holland, was chosen to serve Ward 1, a seat that has been vacant since Rich Swirsky's death May 26.

Government & Politics

Yost Adds Ohio to States Arguing That Civil Rights Laws Don't Protect LGBTQ Workers

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined a U.S. Supreme Court case siding with states that think federal civil rights laws do not protect LGBTQ…

Economy

Poor People’s Campaign Begins 40 Days of Organized Activism

Jo Ingles

Activists for low-income Ohioans say they are stepping up lobbying and protesting for change. It is one of 30 campaigns being waged throughout the…