When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...

Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of ...

On Friday, friends and family of the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders gathered at the historic Ebenezer Baptist ...

Jewish Voice for Peace says the order follows the Heritage Foundation’s broader plan to dismantle US civil society.

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

Alabama educators and advocates want a preliminary injunction against a state law that limits specific classroom discussions ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

The legendary attorney, who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., will have his portrait hang permanently at the ...

The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...