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Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment

Apr 24

John Quiñones calls Cesar Chavez allegations 'devastating'

Mar 19

How TSU and UH students' activism transformed education and Houston

Before she retired, former ABC13 anchor Melanie Lawson talked to some of the students who laid the groundwork for the community and academic programs we know today. For the first time as a group, they shared their experiences about making history as it happened.

Jun 18

Baltimore pastor advocates for justice with 40-mile march

Mar 18

Decades after 'Bloody Sunday,' organizers worry for Voting Rights Act

Mar 8

Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for a private homegoing

Mar 7

AG announces indictments against 30 more who protested at Minn. church

Feb 27

Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin in Chicago

Feb 26

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at 84

Feb 17

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How Gov Abbott was able to designate local civil rights group a terrorist organization

Nov 19, 2025

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89-year-old looks back on refusing to give up train seat 70 years ago

Oct 7, 2024

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A cut above: Jackson's Barbershop receives historic recognition

Sep 25, 2024

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President Joe Biden outlines Supreme Court changes in Austin

Jul 30, 2024

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Fort Worth mother acquitted of felony voting in 2016 presidential election

Mar 29, 2024

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A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials

Sep 24, 2023

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4 HS baseball players accused of hurting teammate on bus

Aug 2, 2023

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2 women involved in Houston's first sit-in demonstration speaks with ABC13 to commemorate 60 years

Oct 1, 2022

Latest Stories

Purple Heart recipient detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney

Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours.

Jan 23

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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86

Claudette Colvin's 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement.

Jan 14

Betty Reid Soskin, legendary national park ranger, dies at 104, family says

Betty Reid Soskin, best known as the oldest serving National Park Service ranger in the country, has died, her family confirmed on Sunday.

Dec 22, 2025

How Gov. Abbott was able to designate local civil rights group a terrorist organization

One of the groups says the new designations are "stoking anti-Muslim hysteria," while Abbott argues it's about stopping extremism.

Nov 19, 2025

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What is PSP? Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson being treated for rare brain disorder

Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson was "under observation" for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Nov 13, 2025