Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

For Lewis, when white and Black activists worked together, they represented the kind of integrated society they were fighting for. The Civil Rights Movement, Lewis said in 1988, offered “the ...

When we learn about the Civil Rights movement in school, Phoenix is not often the setting. But, there is a rich Black history ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

Explore the vital role Black churches play in the fight for civil rights and social justice, fostering resilience, collective ...

At first glance, the documentary Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round seems like a familiar story of Black-Jewish allyship ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

It’s a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill King’s dream of non-violent social revolution ...

Ilana Trachtman is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, Center City resident and Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel member. On Feb. 6 ...