Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...

(1991). African Americans & the Quest for Civil Rights, 1900-1990. New York: New York University Press. Collier-Thomas, Bettye, and Franklin, V.P. (Eds.). (2001). Sisters in the Struggle: African ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups ... court papers as "non-African American" sued to block ...

To gain deeper insight, Moore, along with the project’s USCT Ancestry Committee and Virginia Tech students, collaborated with the National Archives and the African American Civil War Museum in ...

How does the Smithsonian work, and can President Trump control how they represent race, sex, and American history in its ...

White South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and South African and US tech billionaire ... and 60 years since the passing of the Civil Rights Act that supposedly ended segregation.

After serving the Union cause as a pilot for the rest of the Civil War, he returned to South ... reconstructed state governments and the African-American citizens they tried to protect.

Never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant." Desmond Tutu, South African civil rights activist 4. "You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man ...

An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Park webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” ...

"It's never certain in American society that African Americans or minorities in general will be given a fair shot," said Yellin. "It was a 50-year struggle." The civil rights movement led to the ...

Sister Thea, née Bertha Elizabeth Bowman, heard God’s call at a young age and became a Catholic sister—the first African American member of the Franciscan ... Bowman returned home in the midst of the ...