Leaders, pastors and community members gathered to honor heroes of the Civil Rights Movement in celebration of Dr. Martin ...

The women who helped advance the Civil Rights Movement were honored during an ecumenical service held by the Sacred Heart ...

At the John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center Monday morning, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Westside Coalition ...

Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, ...

Evanston residents celebrated women’s role in the Civil Rights Movement at an event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

Organizations across the region commemorated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. over the weekend, with one event in ...

Women from the Jewish Federation of San Diego visited with civil rights icons remembering the road to the Voting Rights Act ...

While African American women didn’t receive the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 — giving the right to white women — African American women played integral roles from the ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of a movement that transformed a country in which 10% of its people were ...

Cecile Richards, a prominent women's rights advocate and former head of Planned Parenthood, died at 67 from brain cancer. Her ...