Holder, the president of the Equal Justice Society, has spent more than two decades working to dismantle systems of racial ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

Burroughs, the daughter of former slaves, established her own school in Washington, D.C. in 1909, helping to forge new career ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. once visited Juanita Craft in her 1,300-square-foot South Dallas home ...

The Plainfield Performing Arts Center will host “The Black Experience: A Civil Rights Museum Showcase” from noon to 7 p.m.

Current and former Virginia leaders are recalling the first Black mayor of Richmond for his trailblazing career and lifetime ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

"Kiah believed in radical love, unwavering truth, and the fight for a better world," family member Aisha Duggins said. The ...

Civil rights activists have gathered outside Target's Minneapolis headquarters to call for a boycott of the retailing giant ...