A documentary on pioneering Black journalist, educator and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells is set for Southern Illinois ...

Meet the powerful voices leading Civil Rights Movement 2.0, from attorneys to community organizers, as they tackle systemic racism and advocate for Black lives.

Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

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

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

Gloria Campbell, who died Thursday at 94, was an icon of the local Civil Rights Movement, along with her husband, Bishop Lawrence Campbell Sr. They both led civil rights protests in Danville at the ...

Leah Weber on Monday had a short but touching tribute to her husband, Dexter Scott King, son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Dee Dawkins-Haigler and Co-host Keith Grandberry spoke with the pioneering figure behind the establishment of the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and the U.S. Government Black College Program, ...

Thompson's connection to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer adds another layer of significance ... and defending democracy ...

When the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., rolls around, I frequently find my mind wandering to the Mississippi ...

Efforts focused on fulfilling the goal set by Congress in 1994 of making the holiday a “day on, not a day off.” ...