The paramount strength of our state is our rich-growing diversity, and if we are to leverage that strength, we must act and think inclusively. The people we elect and the symbols we choose to ...

The school’s policies, theories and association with high-profile civil rights figures often drew the attention of the authorities.It was investigated for Communist ties in the late 1950s and ...

When South African civil rights activist Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, he and his wife both raised a fist in triumph. After 27 years in jail, he had become a symbol of the ...

By the time he was thinking of retiring from boxing, the 38-year-old Ali had become a symbol of the civil rights movement, black pride and black power the world over.

Lewis, the renowned civil rights leader who served as a symbol of the movement throughout his more than three decades in Congress, died Friday at the age of 80.