Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

When a major network invited me to discuss Black History Month through the lens of presidential politics, I declined. Not ...

Shutterstock Walking the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Mississippi was one of the epicenters of the civil rights struggle in ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

Prior to joining JFF, Kyle worked as a researcher with Learning Innovations Laboratory (LILa) at Harvard's Project Zero, with Envision Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and at Fannie Lou Hamer ...

Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...

Hamer would send unsolicited pictures to his victims and also tracked their movements. He incited his victims to send him hundreds of pictures and videos over a period of seven years. One victim ...

Adrianne Wright is the founder and CEO of Rosie, a storytelling agency for nonprofits. She is also the cofounder of I Will ...

Jackson is often referred to as the “Blackest city in America,” because African Americans comprise more than 80% of its ...

Fannie Mae provided significant liquidity across key housing segments in 2024, including more than $6.3 billion in Multifamily Affordable Housing, $4.7 billion in Small Loans, $1.3 billion in ...

is all the Pro Bowl cornerback said via social media Monday, mere minutes after the news broke that his team chose former Cincinnati Bengals DC Lou Anarumo to replace Gus Bradley. Colts coach ...