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 ...

Joe Biden "accomplished something that President Obama didn't do," 91-year-old Julius Garvey told Newsweek about his father's ...

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

Leaders are seething after Trump revoked enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, or Title VII, under the Civil ...

Three civil rights activists from Selma, Alabama, remember what they marched for in 1965, but they question how much the ...

In a powerful response to the rising tide of racial violence targeting African American students, the Los Angeles ...

There, as I documented in my 2024 book, their joint deliberations led to a strategic innovation in organizing that became foundational to Black Power. For some civil rights activists, like the ...

Donald Trump's second inauguration coincidentally falls on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this Monday. Civil rights leaders Marc ...

Condolences are pouring in tonight following the death of prominent Virginia Civil Rights Activist Henry Marsh.

Club will host civil rights activist Peggy Preacely in a public talk that will mark the first day of Black History Month.

Leaders from the National Urban League and other advocates say they aren’t taking President Donald Trump’s latest executive ...