Civil Rights

The family of Ida B. Wells-Barnett is continuing their fundraising efforts to commemorate her legacy through the creation of a monument.

The Rev. Al Sharpton led a battle cry at the National Action Network convention to defend civil rights.

The attorney general repealed civil rights guidelines.

Viola Desmond was a civil rights pioneer.

Harvard University’s Radcliffe Schlesinger Library has acquired papers from activist Angela Davis.

The U.S. Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation of the Cedar Rapid, Iowa school district.

Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a football game when NFL players exercised their First Amendment right. He voted to take away healthcare from millions of Americas. The so-called evangelical also defended Trump’s “p*ssy” grabbing comments. Overall, a deeply conservative guy who has advocated against everyone from the middle class to women to LGBT […]

Rep. John Lewis will not attend the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opening because of Trump's "hurtful policies" being an "insult to people" portrayed in the museum.

The NAACP slammed Trump's plan to attend The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum ribbon-cutting ceremony, referring to the president's plan as an "insult."

Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks’ Detroit home will be on display in Providence, Rhode Island next year.

A white restaurant manager accused of enslaving a black worker for five years at a South Carolina restaurant was indicted by a federal grand jury this week.

Hugh Hefner was many things to many people: a playboy; a publisher; a philanthropist; a pornographer, to name but a few. But he was also a staunch advocate for social justice, especially as it related to Black folks.