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

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

A s a young man, I witnessed the Civil Rights Movement without a complete understanding of what I was seeing. There might ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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