NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — It wasn’t long ago that only a few select places were safe for Black Americans to gather, particularly with white friends. More than 80 years later these places are being ...

CHICAGO — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized and is currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson, who is 84 ...

During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, he marched alongside King, John Lewis and Hosea Williams. He was beaten and ...

From Jesse Jackson to Angela Davis, we’re honoring the last living Civil Rights icons who are still with us today. From the lunch counter to the ballot box to Selma marches to the Black Panthers, the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The state of South Carolina is mourning the loss of Reverend Joseph Darby, a prominent figure in the community and a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, ...

HELLO. MY RELATIVES. CHANT WASH DAY NA CHANT IS MY HEART AND I BASE MY HAND. NOT CHOOSE CHAPEL HILL AS I GREET YOU WITH A HEARTY HANDSHAKE. MY MOTHER IS HUNKPAPA LAKOTA AND MY FATHER IS AFRICAN ...

Black elected officials and faith leaders described the city of Portland, the state and nation as being at a ‘crossroad’ with authoritarianism. When Rev. Leroy Haynes Jr. stepped up to the pulpit at ...

The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) on Aug. 23 hosted the 2025 Annual Civil Rights Gala at the Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland in Arundel Mills, with a theme of “Looking Ahead, No Turning ...

Photographer Steve Schapiro reflects on his past work. — -- In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. said in a sermon: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and ...