A small cohort of researchers will continue their work reviewing Civil Rights-era cold cases, thanks to a bipartisan bill ...

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist ... James Baldwin were agitating for more action by American leaders. Peniel Joseph writes about this ...

Damon Hewitt is the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Before joining the ...

Memphis, TN, May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As part of its Catalyst for Change Series, the National Civil Rights Museum ...

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an ...

Dorchester Academy, a civil rights fixture, hosted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other pillars of the civil rights movement ...

These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom. In his drive to ...

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ... and the writer James Baldwin were agitating for more action by American leaders. Peniel ...