Civil Rights Activist

It saddens us to reveal that Chicago's own Timuel Black, a longtime civil right activist and respected historian, has died at the age of 102.

Recy Taylor, an activist who fought for justice and civil rights after she was brutally raped in 1944, passed away at the age of 97 Thursday.

BOSTON (AP) — Archeologists in Boston are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the about slain black rights activist’s early life. The two-week archaeological dig begins Tuesday in Boston’s historically black Roxbury neighborhood. Organizers say they also hope to learn more about the property’s long history, […]

Georgia congressman and civil rights legend, John Lewis will be the first of the many civil rights heroes named after new navy ship. NBCNews.com reports: Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C. Lewis cried when Mabus stopped by his office a few months ago to share what was then […]

Black Twitter is known for making folks aware of the issues facing Black America, but apparently it and civil rights activist DeRay McKesson are attracting attention outside its intended audience. Vice notes that McKessson in particular is being monitored by the Federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee was memorialized Saturday in poetry, dance and song at a packed Harlem cathedral where Alicia Keys sang her song “Superwoman,” Wynton Marsalis performed a stirring trumpet solo, and well-wishes were sent from Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and the White House. The three-hour celebration of […]

The Black community has lost another treasure. A representative for the family recently confirmed that actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee died on Wednesday…