The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...

In the several decades following the admission of the first Black students in the mid-1960s, the enrollment of Mary ...

Dozens of people gathered outside the Hawaiʻi State Capitol over the weekend to protest the immigration raids now sweeping ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

In Arkansas, between 1868 and 1893, at least 87 Black men were elected to and served in the Arkansas General Assembly.

During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

I n 1996, the New York-based civil rights organization known as UPROSE was struggling. Founded by Puerto Rican activists, the ...

Motley was the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge and the first Black woman to argue a case before the U.S.

William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure ...

Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by ...

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has updated its civil services examination rules, making it mandatory for candidates to submit supporting documents for age, category, and ...