Dukes is remembered as a leader on issues such as police brutality, educational inequality and housing discrimination.

Rosa Parks would refuse to move to the back of the bus; the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would advocate nonviolence as he became the face and voice of the civil rights movement. Spell Freedom ...

Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, ...

The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books for kids of all ages. From beautifully illustrated picture books to memoirs that depict the Jim Crow South to biographies of ...

Donald Trump wants to honor Muhammad Ali in a way that would offend his wife, Lonnie Ali, for religious reasons.

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats.

Discover the courageous role of Black educators in the Civil Rights Movement and their impact on Selma. Explore the legacy of my family's history.

Modern day civil rights activists are working to fight poverty and violence in the city that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act 60 years ago.

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

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

Human rights activists are being arrested at random and the smallest protests are being brutally suppressed, even if they were organized by Iranian war heroes.

The world said goodbye last month to a man who's been described as one of the greatest American actors of the 20th century. Gene Hackman, who was found dead along with his wife in their home ...