The Los Angeles-based athleisure brand is donating proceeds from the collection to Williams’s museum. Cecil Williams in front of a museum display for his famous photograph in Orangeburg, South ...

The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...

CBS Philadelphia The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be ...

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 ...

A new $5 million baseball field in Oak Cliff honors William "Bill" Blair Jr., a former Negro Leagues pitcher who went on to become a civil rights icon ... a successful Black newspaper in Texas.

“Sometime before, I told some of the other rangers that I don’t like snakes ... the first Black hire, but I hoped that I could open the door for others.” While the Civil Rights movements ...

(AP) — Current and former Virginia elected leaders ... the first Black mayor of Richmond recalled Henry L. Marsh III’s trailblazing career and his lifetime commitment to civil rights.

Clemon was a leader in the push to win civil rights in general, and voting rights in particular, for Black citizens of Mobile County. The union hall was a critical meeting place as that effort ...

Civil War Treasures: Kentucky's Secrets Dug Up! Join the History Seekers Team on an exhilarating journey as we delve into Kentucky's rich history, unearthing hidden treasures from the Civil War era.

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 ...

A Houston civil rights organization is offering guidance to residents who could be impacted by immigration enforcement efforts under President Donald Trump. Agents with U.S. Customs and ...

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 ...