First Lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during ...

In a letter shared exclusively with USA TODAY, civil rights groups urged top business leaders to speak out against the ...

During the service, loved ones reflected on the impact Sybil Haydel Morial left on the New Orleans community as an activist ...

In 1961, the state of Tennessee took 200 acres of land from Highlander Folk School on Monteagle Mountain in Grundy County.

Ernest J. Wright said it, believed it and took action to prevent it. The New Orleans activist was born in 1909. Between the ...

Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers, 91, is publicly speaking out for the first time on the 2024 race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

It was a pivotal but often overlooked year for civil rights in Boston sandwiched between two massively influential court ...

Many of you may have heard about the controversial statements North Carolina's Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is alleged to have made on an internet site regarding slavery. ABC Action News Reporter ...

The College of Education celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month on Tuesday with a lecture in honor of George I. Sánchez, a ...

Newbury gave a standing ovation to a power play inspired by the life of Nina Simone The moving portrayal of determination and survival, Black is The Color of My Voice returns to the Corn Exchange on ...

Homegrown Heroes,” which opens Thursday, Sept. 26, showcases the contributions of politicians, educators and community ...

Palestine Legal, a civil rights and advocacy group, argued that university disciplinary proceedings against pro-Palestine ...