A man who was found guilty of the murder of Baton Rouge civil rights activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph was sentenced to life at ...

LisaGay Hamilton plays Philadelphia poet, author, and suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in 'The Gilded Age.' ...

In South Dallas, community members honored the late civil rights leader, Juanita Craft, on the 40th anniversary of her death ...

The Trump Administration and Republican majorities in both houses of Congress are advancing a three-pronged policy agenda ...

For a time, Fran Lopate — a Jewish mother of four from Flatbush — became America's most recognizable Italian spokesmodel.

March 7, 1965 – approximately 600 peaceful demonstrators approached the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

Museums across the U.S. are displaying artifacts that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era. Visitors to the Henry Ford near Detroit can see the bus Rosa Parks was riding ...

Museums across the U.S. are displaying artifacts that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...

On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...