Garvey, who died in 1940, was a civil rights leader who was convicted ... as the first man to organize a mass movement among African-Americans. The White House said he created Black Star Line ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

Since taking office on Jan. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government and the ...

WASHINGTON – While Donald Trump is being sworn in as president for the second time on Monday, civil rights activists plan to take a different oath just a few blocks from the White House ... the leader ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

For the third time in U.S. history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day will both be held on the same day.

In many ways, this movement ... civil disobedience was likely to result in violence as the police state and aggrieved white publics would respond. Instead of balking at the threat, civil rights ...

She stood up for her rights by staying seated: Rosa Parks gave the US civil rights movement a huge boost and inspired Martin Luther King Jr. And it was the year that two white men brutally ...

Explore the vital role Black churches play in the fight for civil rights and social justice, fostering resilience, collective ...

On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four college freshmen walked up to the lunch counter of a Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and changed the course of history. Joseph ...

A resistance coalition is meeting the Trump White House head-on over his executive order to end birthright citizenship.