April 11 marks a century since the birth of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the Detroit mother of five murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama in 1965 during the height of the civil rights movement.

Jeffrey Benson, a graduate of Sacramento State's College of Education, earned the university's President Medal.

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...

From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – they funded, sheltered and fuelled the fight for equality.

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement." ...

When a toxic waste disaster unfolded in the 1970s, a White housewife became the face of the movement. Down the street, Black ...

The decision comes after a woman was turned over to ICE after behind held by the county for hours after her bail was posted ...

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Explore how an isolated community of women in ...

Some previous deployments restored peace after local crackdowns or vigilante violence, but sometimes troops intensified ...

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.