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An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been ...
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Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.
As Black women fight for equal pay, another battle quietly looms: preserving what we’ve earned. With new federal estate laws threatening wealth transfer, protecting our legacy is no longer optional.
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 ...
The Voting Rights Act, a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, turns 60 this week. It’s not in good shape.
As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the ...
Alabama leaders and people of all ages will gather in Selma Wednesday, August 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Civil Rights Memorial ...
Learn how Pat Banks Edmiston broke barriers in the sky. The struggle for equal opportunity in the airline industry was turbulent—but one Black woman’s challenge opened the doors for change ...
At the feet of this Rosa Parks statue in Montgomery, Ala., are the names of lesser-known women from the Civil Rights Movement. The new opera “She Who Dared” tells their stories.
The Civil Rights-era ‘She Who Dared,’ likely the first professionally staged opera by Black women, premieres June 3 in Chicago.