A new digital archive honoring Bayard Rustin is set to launch this fall, according to the Associated Press. The Bayard Rustin ...

The fight for civil rights wasn't won by a single moment or leader. It was shaped by individuals who defied injustice, often ...

Almost 60 years after dashing into the history books as a terrified teenager in one of the civil rights era’s most infamous killings, Leroy Moton died quietly last September at age 78.

John Lewis was more than an icon of the civil rights movement. He was also a beloved Georgia congressman, a political force and an ally for marginalized communities nationwide.

Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered by fellow veterans: 'We had right on our side' Deborah Barfield Berry. USA TODAY. WASHINGTON – For some, it was when Rep. John Lewis led the 24-hour sit ...

Hi there, OnPolitics readers! At 90 years old, civil rights pioneer Myrlie Evers is still organizing for justice. After the icon's recent milestone birthday and with the 60th anniversary of civil ...

Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis and Democrats introduced a bill to restore Voting Rights Act. In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Daytona Beach officials on July 10 commemorated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mary McLeod Bethune, the civil rights ...

Civil rights icons took part in a coronavirus vaccination event at a historically Black medical school in Georgia. The event was held to encourage Black Americans to be immunized, Atlanta’s ...

The civil rights leader was elected to Congress in 1986. — -- Rep. John Lewis of Georgia has become the face of the Democrats' unprecedented sit-in at the U.S. House of Representatives that ...

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington and served in Congress for decades, has died, his family confirmed in a statement. Lewis was 80 years old.

Thurgood Marshall, the great-grandson of slaves, became the first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967, but his fight for civil rights started long before he ascended to the highest court.