So far in 2025, as many as 12 inmates have died while in custody in Harris County Jail, surpassing the total number of 10 in all of 2024.

Texas Southern University has announced a $400,000 scholarship fund honoring the late Rev. Dr. William A. Lawson, a beloved civil rights leader and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Made possible through a partnership between the church and TSU’s Office of Civil Rights, the scholarship will support students pursuing degrees in fields tied to Lawson’s legacy of faith, education, and social justice.

In the 1960s, a wave of non-violent resistance surged across the United States as college students took a stand for civil rights, famously engaging in what they called “good trouble.”

The confrontation between Garrett Hardin and Roderick Brooks was captured on body camera, showing the former officer chasing Brooks after an apparent shoplifting incident at a Dollar General on FM 1960.

Rev. Bill Lawson has left an incredible legacy that will continue to inspire generations to come. Despite his age and wisdom, he had an extraordinary ability to connect with young people in his church and throughout the nation. #WilliamLawson #WheelerAvenueBaptistChurch

Watch the full celebration of life/funeral for Rev. William ‘Bill’ Lawson’s of Houston’s Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church

When asked how he’d like his life to be remembered, the preacher in him shined through.“I don’t know. I simply hope I would have been faithful to what the gospel is."

Houston icon, Reverend William ‘Bill’ Alexander Lawson, has reportedly died at the age of 95.

Pres. Biden said if Congress passes the measure, he will sign it. But what does that mean for people who make a living off the social media app?

A woman filed a federal lawsuit against The Post Oak Hotel after she said she experienced discrimination at the hotel’s restaurant, according to a news release from Civil Rights Attorney Randall L. Kallinen, who is representing the woman.

For three months, Holocaust Museum Houston is taking visitors back in time to an exhibit with ties to the city.

Civil Rights Activist Ben Fraizer dies Saturday after long battle with cancer, according to WJXT News. He was 73.

Della Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama, but she says she clearly remembers the police attacking the demonstrators.

The Justice Department and Mayor Sylvester Turner will hold a news conference Tuesday to make a civil rights announcement regarding an environmental justice matter on illegal dumping.

The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X has announced plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death.

On Feb. 4, 1913, seamstress turned Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.

A just-filed federal lawsuit targets two Houston Fire Department employees who are accused of not performing life-saving intervention techniques to save a young man with Cerebral Palsy.

Community activists and civil rights organizations are speaking out after a customer shot and killed a suspect at a taco shop last week.

A former Texas chief deputy pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to violating an arrestee’s civil rights by using excessive force against him during an arrest last year, the US Attorney’s Office announced.

Nationally-renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump held a news conference Thursday with the family of Jalen Randle to discuss what they are calling the disturbing and violent record of Houston Police Officer Shane Privette, who shot and killed the Black man on April 27.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George is holding a dedication and renaming ceremony for the library honoring Civil Rights pioneer Willie Melton.

Houston Newsmakers: Former TSU president gained first-hand knowledge about challenges of racism

Houston Newsmakers: MLK Day - Is the dream still alive?

It’s a video that, for those who have viewed it, many will likely never forget. A 25-year-old Black man jogging through a Georgia neighborhood and a pickup truck chasing behind him. Although some shots were out of view, the video shows the truck cutting off the jogger, the truck’s occupants brandishing guns, a struggle, multiple shotgun blasts at point-blank range and a young life cut short.

We celebrate Martin Luther King Day around the activist’s January birthday, which is Jan. 15.

LA MARQUE, Texas – It’s been a month since Joshua Feast was shot and killed in La Marque, Texas. On Saturday, Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump, the NAACP, George Floyd’s brother, Pamela Turner’s sister and Danny Thomas marched with people in the La Marque community. Feast was shot and killed by La Marque police officer Jose Santos on Dec. 9. Crump said too many black men are shot while running away. People in the La Marque community say they’re making sure Joshua’s name and legacy live on.

HOUSTON – The Holocaust Museum Houston is hosting the U.S. premiere of Mandela: Struggle for Freedom. “We’ve waited nearly two years to hose this extraordinary exhibit,” said Dr. Kelly J Zuniga, CEO of Holocaust Museum Houston. “It is an honor, and we’re very, very proud, and it is integral to our mission here at the Holocaust Museum Houston,” Zuniga said. Free admissionHMH will be hosting a Human Rights Expo on Sept. 26, inviting more than eight human rights organizations to the museum. Guests will need to reserve a timeslot to view the newly opened exhibition, Mandela: Struggle for Freedom.

HOUSTON – Frank Hayden has filed a federal Civil Rights lawsuit against Circle K, which prevents discrimination in contracts and sales. Hayden claims a store clerk at Circle K located in the 8100 block of Barker Cypress Road used racial slurs during a dispute between the two. According to Hayden, the first incident happened about two weeks ago and was much different with no racial slurs or dispute. “I asked the second clerk on the second shift. KPRC 2 reached out to Circle K but has not yet received a response from the company regarding the incident and their employee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congress and the public will pay their respects to Rep. John Lewis of Georgia Monday as his body lies in state at the U.S. Capitol. The civIl rights icons body will lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda where an invitation-only ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. On Sunday, Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continued. Lewis died July 17 at 80, months after he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. Lewis served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgias 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death.

HOUSTON Local leaders in Houston and Texas react to the passing of civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis. The 80-year-old Civil Rights icon passed away Friday after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer in Atlanta. Congressman John Lewis: gladiator, fighter...advocate for human right civil rights, Mayor Sylvester Turner said. People from all walks of life and all political affiliations mourn Lewis death. To say John Lewis was an icon or a hero is an understatement, said Senator Ted Cruz.

(AP) John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. Lewis' death was confirmed by a House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement Friday night. Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. He was best known for leading 600 protesters in the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Lewis was knocked to the ground and beaten by state troopers.