The Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza dedication will be Nov. 1 at Robinson Avenue and Main Street, the former site of the ...

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from ...

"This centuries-old symbol of hate and racial violence evokes deep emotion and has no place in our community," the school ...

Rosa Parks and her impact on Alabama and Civil Rights history will be symbolized with a statue on the State Capitol grounds ...

Adopting icons of American patriotism is often a smart tactical choice for protest movements. Some of the most successful ...

The civil rights movement at Tezpur University entered its 38th day with a striking black-clad rally that turned the campus ...

The Justice Department is investigating Black Lives Matter over donor fraud allegations tied to $90M in donations ...

Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize.

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...

Federal jury sides with 69-year-old William Wingate, finding officer violated his civil rights after false arrest captured on ...

The civil rights movement that gained strength in the 1960s was marked by citizen activism – as well as police violence ...

It was a quote from Fannie Lou Hamer that comment made Keisha N. Blain, a professor of history and Africana studies at Brown ...