For Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, the North's civil rights story has lived too long in the shadows.

The teams visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Saturday as part of a 16-year Birmingham Bowl tradition that connects ...

In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book that brought history to life and became an essential chronicle of the ...

Lawrence Hamm has led the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress since founding the civil rights group in 1982. POP, as it’s known, has worked alongside hundreds of organizations to advance ...

Veteran civil rights campaigner and activist Eamon Melaugh has died at the age of 92. Mr Melaugh was heavily involved with the civil rights movement in Londonderry and co-founded the Derry Housing ...

It is impossible to overlook the pivotal role Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played not only as the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement but also as its strategic and political architect. While his ...

Demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump's administration continue across the country. On July 17, the demonstrations will not only protest Trump's policies but also honor the legacy of civil ...

The march came together blindingly fast. From conception to execution was less than three months. Finally, the day arrived, Aug. 28, 1963 – the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. About 250,000 ...

Some Pennsylvania school districts facing civil rights investigations say they haven't heard from federal officials since ...

As part of our on-going power series, we explore the most impactful Civil Rights activists in American history, from Fannie Lou Hammer to Fred Hampton. Men and women as young as mere college students ...

Bishop Harris died Dec. 9 after a “long battle with cancer,” said his daughter Carlotta Harrell, who’s also chair of the ...

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sharpton has a 60-plus-year history in the civil rights movement. The popular activist got his start as a youth director for Jesse Jackson’s Operation Breadbasket at age 13 ...