Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...

Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with ...

Plan called upon every organization in town, “from the Chamber of Commerce to the Cub Scouts,” to come up with “one project, ...

Ibram X. Kendi, the antiracist scholar, talks to CNN about his upcoming new book on Malcolm X, the recent “racist progress” ...

According to the 1860 census, in Hanover County there were 9,740 enslaved Black people and 257 free Black people. Almost ...

Three days after the March on Washington in August 1963, tensions flared in Enfield, North Carolina, as hundreds of Black people who had picketed most of the day faced off with police and ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Bridges' latest book details her reunion with educator Barbara Henry. Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects ...

Local author Sheree Scarborough held a launch event in Christiansburg on Saturday for her new book detailing the life of Civil Rights leader Nannie Hairston.