Cities with deep-rooted segregation, whether Chicago, New York or Los Angeles, have a long history of housing inequality.

Our ancestors are watching us, and they’re cheering us on,” Joan Walls said addressing dinner guests Saturday at the 59th ...

The bill aims to honor Carter’s lifelong dedication to human rights, diplomacy and humanitarian efforts and for his service ...

American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to ...

Amelia Boynton Robinson, born in Savannah, Ga. is a civil rights icon who impacted the lives of people across the nation.

Hope College students Christian Fakhoury and Veronica Booker each received awards during this year’s regional collegiate ...

US black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated on 21 February 1965, at the age of 39. The BBC reported on the reaction in his adopted home of Harlem, New York, as thousands of people queued to ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...