Bill ‘Dady’ Hogan, a 73-year-old retired cheesemaker, often thinks of Martin Luther King. 

A lawyer for Ms Shelby said the officer was "elated" that the jury found her not guilty.

President-elect Donald Trump is connecting with foreign leaders and considering new cabinet prospects as he gathers with his family for a long Thanksgiving weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

America’s hot summer of racial tension, violence and politics has spilled on to the basketball court, the track and the Twitter feeds of some of the country’s top sports stars.

The remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial over the death of black man Freddie Gray have been dropped.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said he believes relations between police and the nation's African-American community are "far worse" than people think.

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Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted Beyoncé’s half-time performance at Super Bowl 50 as “outrageous” due to its apparent allusions to the Black Lives Matter movement and black power imagery.

Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighbourhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after she hosted family on Christmas Day.

The hashtag #MarriageEquality, which dominated social media around Ireland’s historic vote to legalise gay marriage, marked one of the most talked of moments of the year on Twitter.

The hashtag #MarriageEquality, which dominated social media around Ireland’s historic vote to legalise gay marriage, marked one of the most talked of moments of the year on Twitter.

The systemic concentrated poverty and police oppression that triggered the Watts rebellion in 1965 still marks the US, from Ferguson to Maryland, writes James Braxton Peterson