As we approach what would have been the 100th birthday of Civil Rights icon Medgar Evers, the Two Mississippi Museums are ...

In celebration of Evers' lasting legacy, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and Mississippi Votes Action Fund are hosting the second annual Democracy in Action Convening. This year's event is ...

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

Black and white Christians in America could have been allies in the fight for life across racial and partisan lines.

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

Because I wasn’t listening or paying attention.” Jackson has a rich history in America’s civil rights movement, so much so that he was one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ushers during his funeral ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks on March 27, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. He plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971.

During Jim Crow segregation, political leaders used domestic military power to preserve the interests of racial ...