The civil rights movement that gained strength in the 1960s was marked by citizen activism – as well as police violence ...

Joseph McNeil was one of four North Carolina A&T University students that staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in 1960. The protests by the four students inspired other demonstrations in the ...

Sixty years ago this week, on Aug. 6, 1965, surrounded by such civil rights titans as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into ...

The United States used to set the standard for press freedom. Now, it’s dropped its status as a worldwide leader, according to Reporters Without Borders. President Donald Trump has spearheaded a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Georgia congressman John Lewis was in the Bay Area Wednesday. He met with high school students, all part of a tour to promote peace and his bestselling books about the civil ...