As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn't blind to the fact racism existed. But he also knew freedom ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, ...

The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote. Approximately 146 million ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions threaten racial progress .

Born in Waco, Texas, in 1957, the eldest of four children, Richards grew up steeped in progressive values. Still, her parents, a teacher who later entered politics, and a civil rights lawyer ...