Jesse Holland

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The parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown, Sr., right, speak to The Associated Press during an interview in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Michael Brown's parents say they are unmoved by the Ferguson police chief's apology in their son's shooting death by a police officer. Instead, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. told The Associated Press they would rather see an arrest, and Brown Sr. said he wants the police officer "in handcuffs." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Interview: Browns unmoved by chief’s apology

Jesse Holland · September 28, 2014 8:41 am

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Voting Rights Brain Trust event, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, during the 2014 Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington. On Thursday, Holder announced he would be stepping down as attorney general. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Holder departure clouds fate of civil rights cases

Jesse Holland · September 27, 2014 8:00 am

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Voting Rights Brain Trust event, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, during the 2014 Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington. On Thursday, Holder announced he would be stepping down as attorney general. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Holder departure will bring civil rights questions

Jesse Holland · September 26, 2014 6:19 pm

In this image from video the parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr., speak at a news conference with civil rights leaders at the National Press Club Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 in Washington. Brown's parents were joined by Eric Garner's mother in calling for full federal investigations into the death of their sons, two unarmed black men who died in police encounters. (AP Photo/AP Video)

Families want investigations into police deaths

Jesse Holland · September 25, 2014 8:02 pm

Black women’s group criticizes NFL

Jesse Holland · September 17, 2014 4:49 pm

Poverty rate drops for the first time since 2006

Jesse Holland · September 16, 2014 8:21 pm

Blacks, Hispanics have doubts about media accuracy

Jesse Holland · September 16, 2014 7:32 pm

FILE - This May 1,1992 file photo shows Rodney King, right, accompanied by his attorney Steven Lerman, making his first statement, pleading for an end to the rioting in South Central Los Angeles, in Los Angeles. The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, was roiled by racial unrest after 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on Aug. 9. The street clashes there mirrored past, larger-scale riots in multiple US cities, most of them triggered by perceived racial injustice, or an incident involving police, in already tense communities. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)

Facts about US racial unrest

Jesse Holland · August 22, 2014 5:16 pm

FILE - This Aug. 18, 2014 file photo shows members of the Missouri National Guard standing watch outside a command post near a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. Eric Holder, who is leading the federal response to the racial turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way none of the 81 previous U.S. attorneys general could _ by telling his own family story. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Many communities still mistrust police

Jesse Holland · August 19, 2014 7:38 pm

Holder promises Brown family a full investigation

Jesse Holland · August 15, 2014 12:21 am

Census: Almost 10 million Americans changed race

Jesse Holland · August 6, 2014 10:23 pm

Union pulls black college support after Koch gift

Jesse Holland · July 10, 2014 9:56 pm