civil rights

June 12 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary for the state ...

Last week, the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill setting up a procedure to pardon the Scottsboro Boys, ...

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the tragic assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the balcony of ...

The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most compelling chapters of American history. State and federal governments were right ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is two weeks from today – Monday, January 21, 2013. This year, consider celebrating Dr. ...

There it was, in the news, soon after the results of the November 6 election were announced: bigotry in the ...

Pilgrimage: “a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected” (The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of ...

This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Crown Heights Riots. When these riots took place in 1991, I was ...

On July 1st, Massachusetts moved one step closer to living up to its reputation as the birthplace of democracy – ...

We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday; Oh, Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall ...