From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – ...

Actor Colman Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, who was a key figure in the civil rights movement. Sixty years after the “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr Bernice King said there is still progress to be made.

WASHINGTON ‒ A coalition of civil rights leaders kicked off a weeklong campaign to rally around the national African American museum and push back against what it calls efforts by the Trump ...

A s a young man, I witnessed the Civil Rights Movement without a complete understanding of what I was seeing. There might ...

June 12 has long been a date marked by transformative events across the globe, touching on politics, science, culture, and ...

Dr. Reiland Rabaka In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores how rock & roll helped shape the Civil Rights Movement and American ...

Scientists have discovered that common AI models express a covert form of racism based on dialect — manifesting chiefly against speakers of African American English (AAE) In a new study ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores ...

WASHINGTON — A veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement said he was notified by the Smithsonian Institution that items he loaned to the National Museum of African American History and ...

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Over the past few days, there’s been a lot of chatter — and a lot of outrage — over claims that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ... tied to the Civil Rights Movement.