Fannie Lou Hamer’s fight for voting rights began in the Mississippi Delta, where her courage and conviction helped transform the nation’s understanding of democracy.

Four young black men -- the Greensboro Four -- held a peaceful sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter, and the world noticed ...

A traveling exhibit celebrating civil rights leader Lonnie C. King Jr. brings national history back to its local roots.

Rev. James Lawson Jr.'s role in the nonviolent resistance movement has been documented. A new memoir delves more into his life's path.

Rev. James Lawson Jr.'s role in the nonviolent resistance movement has been documented. A new memoir delves more into his ...

Robinson, one of the unsung champions of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, was the only woman to serve as Executive Secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating ...

From Freedom Summer to generations of national leaders, Tougaloo College stands as a cornerstone of Mississippi’s fight for ...

The business, which provides memorials and artistic stone work, has operated in Denver for 100 years and moved in May to 745 ...

Civil rights activist Judy Richardson moved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in ways she said might have not been possible in other organizations during the Civil Rights ...

It is my hope that during this Black History Month jawn, my jawn of engagement will encourage other educators to create their ...

Sixty-four years ago, four college students in Greensboro sat down and made history. On February 1, 1960, four Black freshmen ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary since Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History” founded Negro History Week in February 1926. Fifty years after that, President Gerald Ford officially ...