For nearly a century, civil rights activist Xernona Clayton has dedicated her life to serving her community. Clayton, 95, ...

American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi, is posthumously recognized for her efforts in voter registration ...

Black faith leaders and activists unite at Metropolitan AME Church in D.C. to fight against the erasure of Black history and ...

Tampa's 48th mayor, Julian B. Lane, played a role in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the first southern mayors to support ...

This Black History Month and beyond, it’s important to spotlight the work of Black female directors, a historically ...

After a week of disastrous messaging by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, resulting in a 180-degree turn and leaving ...

Leonard Peltier, a Native American rights activist held for nearly half a century for the killing of two FBI agents, was released from a federal prison in Central Florida on Tuesday morning.

Leonard Peltier left the prison Tuesday morning in an SUV, according to a prison official. He didn't stop to speak with reporters or his supporters outside the gates.

If we do not speak out against the erosion of rights by authoritarian leaders, anti-rights movements will be emboldened ...

Vivian Malone and James Hood walked through the doors of Foster Auditorium at The University of Alabama to become the first Black students to successfully enroll at the school in 1963.

When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...