Oklahoma City leaders are meeting on Wednesday to discuss the design plans for a new civil rights center that will serve as a ...

A Legacy of Liberty” will take place on Sunday, January 18, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Liberty County Performing Arts ...

Months after a pivotal election and in the face of mounting civil rights rollbacks, Black thought leaders gathered at the Global Black Economic Forum stage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture ...

Last week, Xernona Clayton had an impromptu encounter with a lasting piece of her trailblazing life’s legacy. After being accidentally dislodged from her seat by a fellow passenger aboard a flight ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — It wasn’t long ago that only a few select places were safe for Black Americans to gather, particularly with white friends. More than 80 years later these places are being ...

Black elected officials and faith leaders described the city of Portland, the state and nation as being at a ‘crossroad’ with authoritarianism. When Rev. Leroy Haynes Jr. stepped up to the pulpit at ...

In South Dallas, one house is sacred ground. It’s where the late civil rights icon Juanita Craft opened her home to serve as a nexus for the Civil Rights Movement, training future leaders and ...

From Jesse Jackson to Angela Davis, we’re honoring the last living Civil Rights icons who are still with us today. From the lunch counter to the ballot box to Selma marches to the Black Panthers, the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The state of South Carolina is mourning the loss of Reverend Joseph Darby, a prominent figure in the community and a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, ...

Photographer Steve Schapiro reflects on his past work. — -- In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. said in a sermon: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and ...

Oklahoma City leaders are meeting on Wednesday to discuss the design plans for a new civil rights center that will serve as a museum operated by the Freedom Center.