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 is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as "critical race theory" and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money.
More than 150 spectators joined community leaders and members of the Clemon family this morning for the ribbon cutting and ...
EDWARDSVILLE - Donzaleigh Abernathy, acclaimed activist and author, goddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a ...
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 ...
A historical monument commemorating the last school for Native Americans in South Carolina prior to public school integration ...
Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity.
EDWARDSVILLE - Community members gathered at SIUE to hear from Donzaleigh Abernathy, a speaker, actress, writer, activist, and the goddaughter of Dr. Marti ...
While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...
Dozens of Natchez school-age children sang, danced and recited poetry in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, ...
The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees ...