Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The Medal of Freedom was unveiled on display in the “I Question America” ...

At this marvelous hard-won age, the days of jumping and dancing with the paintings are over. But I don't feel limited,” says the artist, educator, and Civil Rights luminary.

Movements are not born fully formed – they begin when ordinary people decide to act ...

Black History Month is about moral memory. It is about remembering not only what happened, but how change happened and who ...

We keep likening it to Nazi Germany, this idea of being told not to believe what we can clearly see. We quote George Orwell.

The Black Excellence Dinner grew in its fourth year and celebrated multiple students, staff and faculty for their contributions to service and their community.

This story is part of the Black Joy newsletter. Sign up here to read about Angela Davis’ thoughts on the different ways people can show up in movement work today. Scholar and activist Angela Davis has ...

The 71st Detroit NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner season officially began Feb. 12 with the organization’s annual kickoff reception at the Roostertail, marking the NAACP’s 117th anniversary year as ...

Before accepting the Hooks National Book Award at the University of Memphis on Feb. 13, journalist and author Joy-Ann Reid reflected on why she chose to tell the story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers not ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C., as seen on Dec. 2, 2018. (Brett Bowers via Getty Images) Let’s visit one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches. No, not that one. I’m talking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal and Michigan state holiday celebrating one of the most famous civil rights icons, falls on ...

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade took place in South Los Angeles on Monday morning, bringing together hundreds of people. The event, hosted by the Los Angeles Sentinel and Bakewell Media, ...