The plan to create a trail was initially approved in 2023, with the aim to connect 13 historically Black towns and significant Civil Rights locations.

Across the United States, members of the “conservative” movement are engaging in an Orwellian assault on freedom of thought and the truth. Their tactics and strategies include banning books, targeting ...

The violence that followed on a day now called "Bloody Sunday" spurred the passage of the 1965 U.S. Voting Rights Act. But ...

One of the biggest civil rights movements began in America when a coloured woman, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her bus seat ...

Ernest C. Withers was an African-American photojournalist who documented over 60 years of African-American history in the South. He's revered in the civil rights movement, as his photographs ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores ...

When discussing the civil rights movement, many focus on its political and social implications. But we rarely hear about the economic ideals that drove the movement. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I ...

The American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s has been well-documented by historians. SUNY Cortland’s Evan Faulkenbury, an assistant professor in the History Department, has found a story ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Apr 10, 2025, 12:05pm EDT Martin Luther King waves to ...

Veteran civil rights campaigner and activist Eamon Melaugh has died at the age of 92. Mr Melaugh was heavily involved with ...

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...

Most of us think about Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat or Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington when we think about the civil rights movement. Lesser known is the issue of library ...