For a week in 1964, the jail was the epicenter of America's civil rights movement, as Martin Luther King Jr. and several ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas ...

Late photographer David Johnson’s journey took him from Jacksonville to the Navy, ultimately leading him to capture the vibrant Black culture in San Francisco’s historic Fillmore District and document ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

In honor of Black History Month, we're taking a look at three Nashville landmarks that played a major role in the Civil ...

February 4 marks the birthday of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks, and 2025 would've been her 112th birthday.To celebrate, Metro ...

Martin is known for his photos of the civil rights movement, including Bloody Sunday in 1965. “Part of what makes America great is the freedom to express ourselves; we see this censorship as ...

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

The new Pauli Murray Center in Durham, North Carolina, preserves the legacy of a gender-nonconforming giant of the civil ...

In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...

A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...