On Feb. 10, journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig visited the Tompkins County Public Library to speak about his book “King: ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White Americans, while many of the inspiring contributions of African Americans, ...

Montgomery County will continue its slate of Black History Month programming with the second of several events on Wednesday.

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

Special to The OBSERVER OPINION - We are standing at a crossroads – where our history meets our future. And in this moment, we ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

Minnesota becomes embroiled in a debate over our shared history. Currently, two of our state’s most important cultural institutions, the University of Minnesota and the ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

As time inevitably passes, we must remember that speeches of this magnitude were not given in a vacuum—they were calls to ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...

Rep. Terri Sewell today described her proposed holiday as counter measure to what she called an attack on diversity and Black history by President Donald Trump’s administration.