Civil rights attorney James R. Walker Jr. is honored with a historical marker in Ahoskie, NC, reflecting his work in racial ...

In the several decades following the admission of the first Black students in the mid-1960s, the enrollment of Mary ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

(AP) — A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith ... the cold like they did — that’s something special.” Meredith, who resists being called a civil rights leader, now ...

Every January, Americans rightfully celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights leader ... watching movies about and featuring the American icon. From engaging documentaries to inspiring ...

When one thinks of the defining TV performances of the past 25 or so years, what comes to mind? For Variety staffers, some of ...

The civil rights icon visited the temple in 1967 and delivered ... Kathy Hochul filled last year and Attorney General Letitia James in 2023. On Friday, around 150 attendees listened to keynote ...

The civil rights icon opposed injustice globally and his legacy ... But other influential figures in the struggle for civil rights, such as James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis ...

Students interested in the life and music of Bob Dylan, and particularly how his career has intersected with the American South, have an opportunity to study just that this semester at the University ...

The idea to establish a national holiday for the civil rights icon arose as the nation was ... was killed by a rifle bullet on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the killing and ...

The Civil Rights icon, whose work to end segregation and racism ... outside his room at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray confessed to shooting King and was sentenced ...

Civil rights icon James Weldon Johnson wrote the poem and his brother Rosamond put the words to music. The song was performed for the first time by 500 children at the Edwin Stanton School in ...