A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of ...

Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., a longtime civil rights strategist who helped organize the campaign in Selma, Alabama that ...

A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

Bernard LaFayette, who is known for participating in the Freedom Rides and overseeing the voter registration campaign in ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated lunch counters in 1960.

Street renamed in honor of Hezekiah Watkins ...

John Lewis– but how well do you know the story behind the 26-year-old martyr whose death sparked Bloody Sunday? On this anniversary, we’re honoring the life and legacy of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who ...

At Operation PUSH on Chicago’s South Side, the work of civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. reached millions of viewers through television broadcasts, rallies, and marches. But behind the ...

These Black activists fought for civil rights over decades. Here are their warnings, and advice, for American protesters today.

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a ...