Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House paid tribute to the women's suffrage and civil rights icon by hanging a wreath ...

Another civil rights icon, the Rev. James Lawson, who spent his formative years in Nashville leading the Student Movement and ...