While the story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s is well known by all Americans, the decades preceding it ...

Sixty-one years after the Selma marches, activist Dr. Alexander Brown warns that recent court rulings threaten modern voting ...

Our history of overt racist incidents created a reputation of Livingston County as unwelcoming or unsafe for people of color.

Sexual assault allegations and criminal convictions toppled producer Harvey Weinstein’s Hollywood empire and helped kickstart ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights, the work of the Civil Rights Movement and racial justice took center stage on the National Mall Friday, with protesters gathering ahead of midterm elections and ...

Thousands of protesters are rallying on the National Mall in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election WASHINGTON -- Thousands of protesters are rallying Friday on the ...

Civil Rights Groups Make Urgent Plea for Voting Rights in DC, Ahead of Midterm Elections WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights, the work of the Civil Rights Movement and racial justice took center stage on ...

As a Black American growing up in segregated Mobile, Ala., 11-year-old Jerome Gary Cooper likely never imagined that he would meet a future Catholic saint. He certainly never thought that a famous ...

When an old Black woman saw 10-year-old Jerome Smith defiantly tear down the Jim Crow divider separating Black and white passengers on a New Orleans streetcar, she slapped the young Black boy, and as ...

Modern activism often mimics the visible aspects of the Civil Rights Movement, like marches, without understanding the deeper organizational work that made it effective. Injustice has evolved, now ...

When people called the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s fair housing hotline in the spring of 2025, they heard an automated recording: “The number you reached is no longer in use.” The ...

Sarah Cook spent months trying to cajole her Ohio school district into providing a safe way for her medically fragile daughter to attend school in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. After a series ...