civil rights

Billie Holiday and the art she created is forever relevant.

Instead of just filing a two-week notice and coasting until Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has opted to…

Every day, like many American parents, Lucille Bridges walked her first-grader Ruby to school.

In a rare moment of bi-partisanship, a Republican and Democratic senator have called for the nation’s highest…

A group of lawmakers in Elizabeth, N.J., authorized plans to build a monument to transgender civil rights activist…

A building at Troy University in Alabama, once named after a former governor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, has been…

This year, the March on Washington will take place on Aug. 28 and Facebook Watch is teaming up with Will Packer and…

It’s been nearly 50 years since the debut of Lady Sings the Blues, which was a huge inspiration for…

Over the weekend, civil rights leader John Lewis took a final journey over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.,…

The civil rights legend and Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who fought the racist Trump administration right up until his…

In light of the recent losses of civil rights icons Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian, America, now in the throes…

For the last two years, Facebook has touted a major civil rights audit as proof that it was taking seriously…

Barack Obama called on young black people to be “warriors for justice” and commented on the shooting death of Ahmaud…

The unsigned note was simple, but haunting: “Ahmaud—I am so sorry. I should have stopped them. I am so sorry.”

Remember when Black Lives Matter protests were the scourge of the nation? How about when Colin Kaepernick started…

For 364 days out of the year, I ignore Major League Baseball entirely.

For decades, Fred “Curly” Neal entertained massive crowds with his unique combination of humor, athleticism and…

His is the epitome of a life well-lived.

For its importance in American history, the civil rights movement is not covered with great depth in many k-12…

Furious Styles will bring his furious style to one of the greatest stories…