One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in response to ...

Vernon Dahmer Jr., eldest son of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr., has died. We talk to family, friends of the ...

He remained active in civil rights organizations and served on the board of his alma mater, as well as for Bennett College and the University of North Carolina. He died on January 9, 2014, at age 73.

Leaders of the battle for civil rights in New Orleans are spotlighted in 'The Trail They Blazed' at the Historic New Orleans Collection.