At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

The National Park Service (NPS), already under fire for intentionally scrubbing several pages about transgender individuals, ...

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama and another ceremonial march in Little Rock, Arkansas hosted by NAACP ...

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

The San Diego GLBTQ Historic Task Force partnered with Mayor Todd Gloria's office and the City of San Diego Human Relations ...

The nation has been feverishly waiting 32 years for someone to “Make America Great Again.” Well, what period of American ...

Diego, CA–San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and the City of San Diego Human Relations Commission, in partnership with the San Diego ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Columnist Justice B. Hill laments the shallow engagement with Black history in schools, criticizing the reluctance to introduce students to author James Baldwin’s work and arguing that true ...

Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin may ring a bell — but have you heard of Nannie Helen Burroughs?

However, it might be time to reconsider whether setting aside one month is the most effective way to honor Black Americans’ contributions to American history. Don’t get me wrong — I am all for ...