Sherrilyn Ifill on today's black codes
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund president tells 60 Minutes that white people calling the police on black people has its roots in the post-Civil War period.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund president tells 60 Minutes that white people calling the police on black people has its roots in the post-Civil War period.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund president tells 60 Minutes that societal narratives in place for decades have led to civil unrest in America today.
The bill, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, will be announced in a press conference Monday morning.
Sherrilyn Ifill tells Bill Whitaker people protesting George Floyd’s death have “seen too many of these cases in which there has been no accountability”
More than 6 million people, most of them Jews, died in the Holocaust. The music they wrote as a temporary escape, however, did not, thanks in part to the efforts of an Italian composer and pianist.
In 1980, 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer interviewed a former Milwaukee cop who said his partner killed a black man, and then planted a knife on his dead body.
At a time that appears to require and demand less talking and more listening, CBS News shines a light to the voices who don't speak from a desk.
U.S. airlines are increasing the numbers of flights for July for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Kris Van Cleave reports.
Tropical Storm Cristobal is nearing Louisiana's Gulf Coast and nearly 9 million people are under tropical storm warnings. A state of emergency has been declared in the state. Cristobal could drop up to a foot of rain.
Protests against racism and police brutality are not isolated to the United States. George Floyd's death has struck a chord all around the world. Elizabeth Palmer reports from London.
A new poll released on Sunday found that 80% of voters believe things are out of control in the U.S. Ed O'Keefe joins CBS Evening News to discuss the effect that the current climate could have on the race to 2020.
From Alabama to Wisconsin, a look back at past 60 Minutes stories on racial injustice and policing as told on our broadcast in five different decades.
Monday will mark two weeks since George Floyd died at the hands of the police in Minneapolis. His death sparked a nationwide movement against police brutality and racism. Jamie Yuccas has more from Minneapolis.
A collection of six stories from the 60 Minutes archives about race and policing, as told in five different decades
In 2004, 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley reported on the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
In 1968, on the very first episode of 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace interviewed Attorney General Ramsey Clark about the state of policing in America.
An Oklahoma law stipulates that any parent or guardian who knows a child is being abused and does nothing to stop it can be charged with a felony. But a 60 Minutes investigation found that 15 women who were never found to have abused their children have received harsher punishments than the man who did.
Researchers continue to work toward a coronavirus vaccine, in hopes to put an end to the pandemic. And, as Meg Oliver reports, we could see human trials as early as August.
In 2018, 60 Minutes contributor Oprah Winfrey reported from Alabama on a memorial that honors more than 4,000 victims of lynching in America.
In 2005, 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley investigated why a largely black group of pedestrians fleeing New Orleans were not allowed into a neighboring town after Hurricane Katrina.
In 1993, 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft reported on the racial disparity between the neighboring cities of Belleville and East St. Louis, Illinois.
George Floyd's killing sparked two weeks of protests that were answered with a military response from the Trump administration. The president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill, speaks with Bill Whitaker about where the U.S. goes from here.
States across the country are reopening businesses after months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. San Antonio, with the rest of Texas, began reopening in May and could provide a snapshot of what's to come for other American cities.
States across the country are reopening businesses after months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. San Antonio, with the rest of Texas, began reopening in May and could provide a snapshot of what's to come for other American cities. Scott Pelley reports.
President Trump says he's in the process of ordering the National Guard to withdraw from Washington D.C. Attorney General William Barr on Sunday denied a CBS News report that he came close to deploying active-duty troops to the city streets. Nikole Killion reports.