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

Here’s where 15 Black civil rights leaders went to college. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spearheaded the American Civil Rights Movement, changing the course of history ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.

Explore the vital role Black churches play in the fight for civil rights and social justice, fostering resilience, collective ...

As Donald Trump begins his second stint in the White House with an assault on DEI, the nation’s top civil and human rights leaders will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 22, for an emergency strategy ...

An effort to preserve civil rights heritage sites and share stories of the past with communities in order to keep the history ...

Civil rights advocates and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that ...

Though Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially recognized on Monday, students, staff and community members gathered in ...

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...

Frank Nims, who established Palmetto Beach as the first Black-owned beach in the ... activists, and leaders from varied ...