The Voting Rights Act, among the most consequential pieces of U.S. civil rights legislation, was signed into law in August ...

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the ...

The year 1963 was a landmark one for the civil rights movement – and it's the subject of Peniel Joseph's new book Freedom Season. In the book, the University of Texas at Austin professor argues the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Apr 10, 2025, 12:05pm EDT Martin Luther King waves to ...

Montgomery, Ala., helped shape America — from the cradle of the Confederacy to the birthplace of the civil rights movement to the city's draw today as the place to reflect on the legacy of slavery.

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...

For 40 years, Martin Luther King Day has been a federal holiday. But with his legacy and landmarks of the civil rights era no longer set in stone, we thought it might be a good time to look back at ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — A powerful exhibit, open right now at the Minnetrista Museum & Gardens in Muncie, shares the story of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. It details how Emmett's murder in ...