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

Civil Rights photographer Cecil Williams says South Carolina has made progress, but new debates over race and representation ...

William “Bill” Beasley was a pioneering civil rights veteran, bisexual activist, and longtime leader in the LGBTQ+ community ...

When Dolly Parton died recently, radio stations and music streamers filled our ears with her irresistible anthem, “9 to 5.” The song topped the music charts and was nominated for an ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of protesters are rallying Friday on the National Mall in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections, following a wave of changes to voting laws ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to gut the federal office charged with protecting students from discrimination is creating new responsibilities for states that aren’t ready to take them up. Amid ...

Ella Baker built in the background. Though her work as a grassroots organizer helped strengthen the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), birth the civil rights movement ...