Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...

Lisa Young Alston, daughter of civil rights leader Andrew Young, has died. Her family expressed gratitude for the support and ...

ATLANTA — The daughter of civil rights leader and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young has died, her family says. The family of ...

A long list of political standouts came out to memorialize the late Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, the president of the NAACP New York ...

Dr. Hazel Dukes has been on the frontlines for civil rights for decades and on Wednesday mourners are expected to pour inside Mother AME Zion Church for her celebration of life service.

Socialist NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was caught on camera repeatedly with his eyes closed — and appearing to doze off — during a Harlem memorial service Tuesday for legendary ...

Neighbors and friends, shocked at the passing of civil rights icon Hazel Dukes, 92, recalled her as a trailblazer but also as ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Community members came together to remember the legacy of civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes during her celebration of life service on Wednesday. From everyday New ...

The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet ...

A longtime civil rights icon died on Saturday. Hazel Nell Dukes, 92, president of the NAACP New York State Conference, ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill ...