The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of a movement that transformed a country in which 10% of its people were ...

While African American women didn’t receive the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 — giving the right to white women — African American women played integral roles from the ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history ...

The CIA released 55 documents related to its surveillance on Latino civil rights organizations last month. The FBI has not ...

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day coincides with Trump’s inauguration, author and professor Imani Perry talks about the “extended backlash” against the civil rights movement.

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book ...

President Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office in South Carolina. It's a state that holds special meaning for ...

A brand new exhibit is highlighting African American history right here in our community.The Bexar Heritage Center held the ...

Martin Luther King Jr's legacy in the Civil Rights space is an ever-present inspiration to all oppressed and marginalized ...