While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faced sharp questioning ...

In a powerful response to the rising tide of racial violence targeting African American students, the Los Angeles ...

More than 150 spectators joined community leaders and members of the Clemon family this morning for the ribbon cutting and ...

When we learn about the Civil Rights movement in school, Phoenix is not often the setting. But, there is a rich Black history ...

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

EDWARDSVILLE - Donzaleigh Abernathy, acclaimed activist and author, goddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a ...

In a wide-ranging and unprecedented move, the Trump administration has ordered a freeze on nearly all federal government aid ...

Jesse Williams hopes viewers of his short doc Hopes, Hoops & Dreams are reminded that true change comes from "meeting people ...

President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as "critical race theory" and other material ...

For boomers, the rapid reversal of 1960s-era gains for civil rights, women, LGBTQ, etc., has unraveled the story of our ...