“Clara is tenacious,” says Belinda Dixon, a longtime friend and a 1994 Staten Island Woman of Achievement. “She’s not loud, ...

James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was ...

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ said Bryan Stevenson.

After more than a decade of planning, fundraising, and building, the new museum is open in Anacostia and celebrating go-go, D ...

Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025. Major U.S. retailers and grocers — such as Target, Walmart and Kroger — will be open on MLK Day. Wholesale retailers ...

C elebrating Women's History Month through food showcases the impact of Black woman-owned restaurants. As restaurateurs, ...

When Malcolm X came to Smethwick 60 years ago, it was to witness at first hand the racial discrimination being endured by ...

NEW YORK - Hazel Dukes, former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, died at the age of 92 on ...

With more local history made this week — first Black Urbana mayor elected (DeShawn Williams), first Black Champaign Central ...