For decades, conservatives have worked to rollback the civil and voting rights that Martin Luther King Jr. upheld ...

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good ...

Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster and Lena Horne were among the stars who appeared for MLK and civil rights.

Nearly 60 years after King’s death, civil rights leaders say Trump is forcing the movement to reinvent itself again as ...

Here’s a look at the life of US Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights leader. Personal Birth date: February 21, 1940 Death date: July 17, 2020 Birth place: Troy, Alabama Birth name: John ...

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Sophie Stern and Tysen Woodward receive the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award for civic and voter engagement efforts in Arizona.

"It's like unconscionable what we see now," said the son of Dr. King, who urged that federal law enforcement be trained on ...

I have civil rights on my mind these days. And as I write on this national holiday with some celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., I’m ...

I’m here to make trouble – good trouble. Good trouble is what we need now because we are in the fight of our lives. The fight ...

The Rev. Derrick Jackson stepped in as ABC's new president in July as he continues to lead yet another historic Black religious institution in Nashville.

Congressman Paul Tonko wants ICE abolished. It comes as a negative sentiment toward federal immigration crackdowns is growing ...