The civil rights leader led a march through Howard Beach, Queens, after a white mob beat three Black men. Attorney Ben Crump speaks at a press conference outside the federal courthouse on July ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists have changed the world through their efforts to end ...

the National Urban League is hosting an "emergency" strategy session and public forum with civil rights leaders. The discussion, dubbed the "Demand Diversity Roundtable," will be held at 11:30 a.m ...

Civil rights leaders Marc Morial and Janai Nelson discuss why Trump symbolizes "the most significant contradiction" to what MLK stood for, plus how civil rights leaders are mobilizing ahead of the ...

Julius Garvey said that efforts for a pardon ramped up during the Obama administration, describing how he and family members and advocates hoped that the first Black president would see the value ...

"Only Ruth Ann Butler could gather all of Greenville together like this," said Minister Terence Brooks ... here are their comments about the local historian and civil rights leader: Black history: A ...

The King family also weighed in on what the future looks like in another era of Donald ... to the nation and the world. The civil rights leader transformed America’s consciousness and was ...

A decade later, with hundreds of segregated schools closing, more than 38,000 Black teachers had been fired by white school leaders. As the community-run schools for Black children disappeared ...

Civil rights leaders and elected officials are seething ... plus they help build a federal government that looks like the diverse population it serves,” said Everett Kelley, national president ...

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday (January 19, 2025), including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey ... The White House said he created Black Star Line shipping ...

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...