Funeral plans have been announced for civil rights activist Ruth Ann Butler who died on Jan. 15.Butler, 81, was a teacher ...

As a scholar of the Tuskegee Airmen, I cannot stay silent about the removal of lessons on American history from U.S. military ...

Recent political developments signal a potentially devastating reversal in efforts to address systemic racial inequities.

The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People will honor the civil rights activist at its annual meeting on Sunday.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, community leaders, artists and advocates gathered at the Parkview at Cascades Park for the Day ...

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced its schedule of Black History Month programming that includes ...

As the Center for American Progress has noted, “the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

A fierce commitment to racial color blindness — the principle that every individual should be treated by the law and by ...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium hosted a two-day event to teach and empower communities to continue sharing the stories from the civil rights movement.

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...

Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve ...