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

Rejecting prevailing views of the movement as either exemplary or ineffectual, Brandon M. Terry offers a bold new vision of ...

Don’t get mad — get smart,” Andrew Young’s father, Andrew Sr., once told him, growing up in New Orleans in the midst of racial tensions. Young would learn not to flare up in anger amid the ...

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the ...

The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring minority voters are ...

Following a major renovation, National Center for Civil and Human Rights will include new east and west wings that house a café, several additional galleries — including one designed for children — ...

Andrew Young, the former U.N. ambassador, provides an insider’s view of the civil rights movement in a new documentary titled ...

America has a serious problem, as evidenced by multiple school shootings and a political assassination all within the span of two weeks. What’s less obvious is that the lessons of history give us the ...

The world’s first statue of Civil Rights activist Ella Baker was unveiled on Wednesday at the Ohio State University at Newark ...

President Trump’s ability to exert executive power during his second term without much pushback from Congress and the U.S.

The National Civil Rights Museum is preparing to unveil a transformative addition to its historic site, promising visitors a ...