While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the ...

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

Recent executive orders from President Donald Trump have reignited debates about civil rights, as they reverse long-standing ...

Activists want to safeguard policies and avoid funding cuts to social-service programs that largely support Black and Latino ...

Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey's mail fraud conviction in ...