From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

Danny Lyon was a student at the University of Chicago in the summer of 1962, when he photographed a sit-in on the campus. The sit-in was organized by current U.S. Senator and fellow University of ...

After the All Roads Lead to the South National Day of Action, civil rights leaders have announced massive plans for an even ...

When discussing the civil rights movement, many focus on its political and social implications. But we rarely hear about the economic ideals that drove the movement. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I ...

The city of Greensboro is continuing its efforts to preserve and highlight local civil rights history through the $75K ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

The Trump administration argued that Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students, in violation of ...

Former Massachusetts State Representative and civil rights activist Benjamin Swan has passed away on Monday at the age of 92.

Thousands of people gathered in Montgomery, Ala., to mobilize support for voting rights amid outrage over racial gerrymandering.

From the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to a small-town high school that changed American law, Tennessee’s Civil Rights ...

Three new historical markers are now telling the story of Jacksonville’s role in the civil rights movement — and the national ...

A civil rights protest in Alabama this weekend was organized to kick off a summer of voter mobilization and civic action across the South.