Union Temple Baptist Church unveils portrait of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, marking Pride Month and emphasizing the ...

This article and interview originally appeared in All About History ... Black Power would later come from. King naturally comes to things from a different direction. "Martin Luther King Jr is ...

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A longtime civil rights leader and personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. James D. Peters, Jr., died on Saturday. Trump’s egg price fiction has suddenly become reality Dave Ramsey has ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black ...

Black History ... explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's reminiscences of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Oscar Nominations ...

No inter-minority partnership in U.S. history has been as productive — or as fragile — as the bond between Black and Jewish ...

The week leading up to June 19 is packed with cultural events and celebrations to honor our newest federal holiday, ...

Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, for which ...

A roundup of events in June to celebrate Black Independence Day.