Most Americans are familiar with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s — an era in which peaceful protests led by the Rev.

America has a serious problem, as evidenced by multiple school shootings and a political assassination all within the span of two weeks. What’s less obvious is that the lessons of history give us the ...

Journalism still has the power to shape the world we live in and, perhaps more importantly, shape our understanding of this ...

Last week, the Supreme Court further gutted what is left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court’s ruling was terrible ...

As the fight for civil rights continues to evolve, activists of today are raising questions about how far the nation has come since the era of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and where progress has stalled ...

The Civil Rights movement remains a defining chapter in American history, but interpretation evolves as new questions arise. Scholars use different structures to trace long-term struggles, regional ...

Bernard LaFayette, a key early civil rights organizer who helped integrate lunch counters and public spaces in Nashville and across the South during the 1960s, died March 5. He was 85. LaFayette once ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — We are now hearing from Oklahoma civil rights leaders after the US Supreme Court dealt a blow to the ...

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the ...

Jacksonville has officially joined the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, with dozens of historical markers planned for the city. The markers will highlight significant locations from the Civil Rights Movement, ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A traveling exhibit honoring civil rights leader Lonnie C. King Jr. opened at the Northwest Library in Albany this week, bringing national history back to its Southwest Georgia ...