Mississippi Goddam” is a song of the Civil Rights Era, and our own. Listen to it with our critic Wesley Morris.

Heading out to learn Mississippi this summer? This is a list of state landmarks that shaped the Black civil rights movement ...

Students Rudy Lombard, Cecil Carter, Oretha Castle Haley and Sydney "Lanny" Goldfinch are the latest to be honored on the ...

“We are not going down without a fight. We are not going down to Jim Crow maps,” said Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in the Alabama redistricting case.

Jacksonville has officially joined the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, with dozens of historical markers planned for the city. The markers will highlight significant locations from the Civil Rights Movement, ...

Demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump's administration continue across the country. On July 17, the demonstrations will not only protest Trump's policies but also honor the legacy of civil ...

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to happen inside a house of worship. That is part of what makes the new case ...

In recent years, activism at Brown has drawn national media attention, but the University’s history of protest dates back decades. Offered once every few years, the first-year seminar AFRI 0610: ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to stop protests against his immigration crackdown isn’t the first time an elected U.S. official has sent troops to thwart ...

Lehigh Valley activists hope that the third iteration of No Kings protests Saturday becomes a tipping point in the anti-Trump movement, as opponents of the president’s agenda projected more than 9 ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Geoff Bennett reports on Jackson's legacy and his decades of ...