civil rights

Aaron Bowman cries during an interview at his attorney's office in Monroe, La., on Aug. 5, 2021, as he discusses his injuries resulting from a Louisiana State trooper pummeling him during a traffic stop in 2019. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

Vice President Kamala Harris marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after speaking in Selma, Ala., on the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," on March 6, 2022. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption

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. Jim Wells/AP hide caption

This image provided by A2H Engineers, Architects, Planners on Aug. 18, 2022, shows digital rendering of the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in Marks, Miss. AP hide caption

A new Maryland alert system named in honor of the late Emmett Till will aim to bring awareness to hate crimes across the state. Here, a mural featuring a portrait of civil rights icon Emmett Till is seen in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference about the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act in 2020. Till, pictured at right, was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. J. Scott Applewhite/AP file photo hide caption

Autherine Lucy Foster reacts during the dedication ceremony for Autherine Lucy Foster Hall in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Feb. 25, 2022. Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News/via AP/File hide caption

From left to right, former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on June 3, 2020. Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/AP hide caption

This image from video shows Minneapolis Police Officers Thomas Lane, left and J. Alexander Kueng, right, escorting George Floyd to a police vehicle outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Court TV/Pool/File/Via AP hide caption

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane testified at his federal trial that officers considered using a type of restraint known as the hobble because George Floyd was kicking and had hurt himself, but that it seemed "excessive" because an ambulance was on the way. Cedric Hohnstadt/via AP hide caption

Travis McMichael (left) speaks with attorney Jason B. Sheffield during his sentencing in state court last month for the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Stephen B. Morton/Pool/AP hide caption

Autherine Lucy Foster, center, the first Black person to attend the University of Alabama, is shown discussing her return to campus following mob demonstrations in Birmingham, Ala., in 1956 with Ruby Hurley, right, Southeast regional secretary of the NAACP, and attorney Arthur Shores. Gene Herrick/AP file photo hide caption

Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s. HARCOURT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Facebook's parent company, Meta, is studying whether its platforms treat users differently based on race. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. A trial is beginning in Charlottesville, Va., to determine whether white nationalists who planned the so-called Unite the Right rally will be held civilly responsible for the violence that erupted. Ryan M. Kelly/AP hide caption

Democratic senators, led by Cory Booker of New Jersey, say they worry about how Google's products and policies may perpetuate bias. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption