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

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

On Friday, friends and family of the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders gathered at the historic Ebenezer Baptist ...

The legendary attorney, who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., will have his portrait hang permanently at the ...

National Urban League president Marc H. Morial on Wednesday called President Trump's executive order dismantling federal ...

In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

Americans talk about Civil Rights as a political movement. But as MLK well knew, it was more than that. It was a revival. Prophet or activist? Pastor or social reformer? In the six decades since ...

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

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...

The Saint Mary's Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Gender and Women's Studies Department hosted the 'Hidden in Plain Sight' lecture to highlight historical Black women, including South ...