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Aretha Franklin, who was born and rose to fame during the segregation era and went on to sing at the…
The names of James Chaney and Medgar Evers are well-known in civil rights lore as both men were killed while…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigrant-rights advocates asked a federal judge to order the release of parents separated from their children…
The home where civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks once lived will be auctioned off.
ATLANTA (AP) — Dorothy Cotton, who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., taught nonviolence to demonstrators…
While President John F. Kennedy became a symbol of civil rights after his assassination, that wasn’t always the case for the…
Freedom Rider George Raymond The goals of the courageous “Freedom Riders,” a collective of Black and white civil rights activists…
While the late Coretta Scott King will forever be undoubtedly tethered to her famous husband, the late Rev. Dr. Martin…
Vel Phillips, a civil rights activist from Wisconsin known for becoming the first African-American judge in Milwaukee has died at…
CHICAGO (AP) — Yvonne Staples, (pictured, far right) whose voice and business acumen powered the success of the Staple Singers, has…
Linda Brown, one of the children at the center of the landmark “Brown v. Topeka Board of Education” case, has…
NEW YORK (AP) — Gruesome images of a lynched Emmett Till were seared into the minds of many black Americans…
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