From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – ...

The new Historic New Orleans Collection exhibit “The Trail They Blazed” got its start about a decade ago with an oral history ...

American history and culture. On one hand, it still felt like the ‘50s in many parts of the country: crew cuts, corner diners ...

A conversation about memory, movement-building and the sacred work of staying connected. In this stirring episode of Complexified, we sit down with scholar, poet and community elder Rachel Harding ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

Between the capital of Damascus and the southern Syrian city of Daraa, an early flash-point in the 14-year civil war, 25 miles of track are missing. They were stolen, allegedly by former Assad ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Los Angeles residents and experts say the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is ...

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls, fire hoses and dogs were used against peaceful ...

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presents the moving story of the city's role in the civil rights movement, focusing not just on the past, but also on the continuing international struggle ...

(Denver Post file) Peters came to Colorado from Connecticut, where he served as a pastor and participated in the Civil Rights Movement. He attended the founding meeting of the Southern Christian ...

The movement is said to have sparked change far beyond campus ... all of the hearing kids that were learning about civil rights and major political moments weren’t learning about this,” DiMarco says.