Al Sharpton

Democratic candidate fires up millennials at Manhattan mega-rally ahead of key primary

Wins for one of the Irish films vying for best picture at tonight’s Academy Awards

Sanders hoping to erode minorities’ backing of Clinton in Nevada and South Carolina

Much still in play as Trump and Sanders win, Kasich surges and Clinton and Rubio lose

Film-maker Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett Smith say they will not attend this year's ‘lily white’ ceremony

Body of Walter Scott carried in flag-draped coffin past crowd in South Carolina

Fall in number of arrests and summonses in New York may be sign of anger after killings

Civil rights campaigner Rev Al Sharpton labels mayor’s remarks ‘an ill-defined request’

Rift deepens between New York police and the mayor they accuse of stoking hatred against them

Major protests in Washington and New York over police killings of unarmed black men

Protests to take place ‘regardless’ of jury’s decision on whether to indict the police office who killed Michael Brown

Police shooting victim Michael Brown to be buried today

Opinion: be a player on the world stage? I’d rather play golf, says our leader

Michael Brown shot ‘six times’; Obama says there is no excuse for excessive police force

‘We need to thank Michael for his life and we need to thank him for the change that he is going to make’

Demonstrators remain on streets following fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown

Call follows violent protests in St Louis suburbs after police shoot Michael Brown

Michael Brown (18) was shot after alleged struggle over a gun in a police car

An Irishman’s Diary about combating gun crime

Marchers in Washington DC remember civil rights leader and call for 'new America'

US attorney general describes Martin death as ‘tragic’ and ‘unnecessary’

Jury finds neighbourhood watch man not guilty over shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin