Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rashad Robinson warn that viral moments and representation aren’t enough to withstand civil rights ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights leaders.

The civil rights legend was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by President Barack Obama in 2013. As much ...

She made a major impact in civil rights and social justice causes, including voter registration drives, anti-war protests and the Chicano land rights movement.

On Monday, we will celebrate the life and work of one of the most well-known and influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of a group of leaders of the ...

Rev. Ralph Abernathy was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and beyond. As the young pastor of First Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL, he and Martin Luther King, Jr. were among ...

The leaders of the Civil Rights Movement carried the baton, and through their organizing, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law 60 years ago,” Vice President Harris posted on the ...

The demands of the civil rights movement went beyond affirmative action. We should find inspiration in their goals today ...

The ability of the media to portray brutal repression of the Southern African Americans, and in parallel, speeches by Civil ...

to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers JACKSON, Miss. -- More than 60 years ...