Local filmmaker on first organized interracial civil rights protest ...

Civil rights activists gathered outside the headquarters of Target Corp. on Thursday to call for a national boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and ...

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 ...

Orangeburg was one of the cities the pastor, humanitarian and civil rights activist visited during the late 1950s and early ‘60s. He made speeches that inspired local residents, many of whom ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

National Civil Rights Day would also preserve the names of multiple unwitting catalysts for changes in police procedures. Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner ...

Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud over 100 years ago. The outgoing ...

historic images show the rise of the iconic civil rights leader. President Joe Biden has spent his final full day in office in South Carolina, where he urged Americans to “keep the faith in a be ...

Frank Hobbs was arrested last summer and charged with a misdemeanor, but that case was dismissed. The state is seeking up to $5,000 in civil penalties and an injunction. CONCORD, N.H. — A town ...

Collaboration has been the underlying quality of his career, renowned civil rights attorney Fred Gray says. Gray worked with Thurgood Marshall and other notable legal minds defending the ...