The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), the group spearheading the movement, has announced a territory-wide shut down on ...

The Voting Rights Act stood for 60 years, but now, a landmark ruling against the state of Louisiana has upended one of its major sections.

A Supreme Court ruling dismantled a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, sparking a new political crisis that the church and other advocacy groups are responding to. Some organizers see the ...

Clarence B. Jones was 95 years old.

Lucille Berrien, the first Black woman to run for Milwaukee mayor and a tireless social justice advocate, dies at 98.

Explore powerful sites along Virginia’s Civil Rights Trail where student activism, peaceful protest, and landmark legal ...

Thousands of Mississippians protested redistricting efforts in the state and the South at a May 20 rally, dubbed the ...

We come together as longtime educators, advocates for athletes and civil rights with what we hope is an inspirational message. We are fans of college sports. But we are also former educators who have ...

The new "Legacy Experience" renovations at the National Civil Rights Museum address a civil rights movement going into high ...

In a new essay, former President Barack Obama argues that music has long mirrored U.S. history from the Great Depression to ...

Tennessee state representative Justin Pearson writes about America's long history of protest and why it is essential for our country today.

Barack Obama pays tribute to American songs and artists that have shown our country the way forward, from country to blues, ...