From freedom fighters to chefs, these dads broke the mold and left a lasting impact on the world, and some of their children ...

What in the world were these protesters thinking? To answer this question, I talked to two activists who adorn iconic statues ...

The following day, the Civil Rights Act - a landmark bill to end discrimination which had been stalling in the Senate – was finally passed. Using archive interviews with two of the swimming activists, ...

Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...

The Princeton Festival will celebrate the contributions of Motown to popular culture and the Civil Rights Movement on Juneteenth. Learn more about the event here.

On the first weekend: a vision of the nation built upon inclusivity and the tenets of liberalism — a conception of country ...

On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he read , ...

Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime ...

In the midst of the passing of the Civil Rights Act, as it was being filibustered on the Senate floor, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X crossed paths on Capitol Hill.

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

By November of the same year, Sly Stone seemed to pose an answer: “There’s a Riot Goin’ On.” At the time that album was ...