Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

Henry L. Marsh’s fight was for civil rights, but his values — justice, fairness, equality — extend far beyond any single ...

US President Donald Trump's inaugural address on January 20 revealed the key themes of his rhetoric–triumphalism and overt authoritarianism–and provi ...

Boxing and politics have long shared a storied history in America, where the sport has been wielded as a powerful symbol and ...

Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader. However, the holiday wasn’t signed ...

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

15. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome' (1963) This was one of the civil rights movement's most popular songs, an unofficial anthem so pervasive that President Lyndon B. Johnson slipped the title phrase ...

15. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome' (1963) This was one of the civil rights movement's most popular songs, an unofficial anthem so pervasive that President Lyndon B. Johnson slipped the title ...

President John F. Kennedy’s shocking assassination stopped the world on November 22, 1963. A botched investigation continues ...

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

Ruins of the church of San Agustín in the old town of Belchite, scene of one of the symbolic battles of the Spanish Civil War.ANDREA COMAS (Reuters) Among the 25 places on the most recent WMF watch ...

But his efforts go beyond DEI, with one recent order rescinding a Civil Rights-era rule ... rule signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 — which is still ...