A new historical marker will honor civil rights organizer Benjamin Brown, who was shot and killed by a police officer during ...

All eyes will be on the “All Roads Lead to the South” National Day of Action on Saturday (May 16), and The Root will be on ...

Black Americans are mobilizing in Alabama for what organizers say could become one of the South’s largest voting rights demonstrations since the Civil Rights Movement. The “All Roads Lead to the South ...

What is the ‘All Roads Lead to the South' Day of Action? Voting rights advocates, faith leaders, and civil rights activists will gather across Alabama and cities nationwide on ...

Students across the country, from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, Milwaukee, and Texas, have organized mass school walkouts to ...

Painter, educator, and Civil Rights activist Mary Lovelace O’Neal died on May 10 at age 84 in Mérida, Mexico. Her galleries, ...

Today’s stories are about the March on Washington and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. These ...

As Black communities across the U.S. South grapple with the rolling back of their voting rights in former Confederate states, where Republicans are literally drawing them out of power, thousands will ...

The US Justice Department on Tuesday threatened to slap possible federal charges against protesters at an anti-Israel rally ...

The struggle isn’t just about surviving the next election — we must secure civil rights for the next generation.

Kleinpeter try to calm the crowd during a public hearing on redistricting as Louisiana Republicans pursue a new congress ...