“Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently wrote. “Before the pen of ...

A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ...

When Michiko Quinones first saw the framed, oval-shaped 1864 watercolor of a tiny Black man peacefully fishing near a mill, ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

Even before 1960, when seventeen countries in Africa gained independence in a single year, American diplomats had identified ...

Dove had stumbled upon George Augustus Bridgetower, a mixed-race violinist who had 15 minutes of fame and then was written out of history. In 2009, after extensive research and exploration, Dove ...

Theres a continuous fight for gender equality in women's athletics. Here's the history of women in sports paving the wave for the future.

A group of New Orleans women hope to revive a nearly lost aspect from the earliest days of the Baby Dolls tradition: singing in Louisiana Creole as they parade on Mardi Gras Day.

Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. Advocates are again pressing Joe Biden to rewrite history.

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees and Levin began seeking nationwide support for their work. People from ...