Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity.

EDWARDSVILLE - Community members gathered at SIUE to hear from Donzaleigh Abernathy, a speaker, actress, writer, activist, and the goddaughter of Dr. Marti ...

Rochelle "Shelly" Dahmer writes an illustrated biography about her husband's slain grandfather, Vernon Dahmer, with 9- to 12-year-olds in mind.

Frederick Douglass speech about racism in America remains painfully relevant today — and offers a way forward.

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