“You often need a martyr or someone very committed to act first,” Margaret Levi, a professor emerita of political science at ...

A swim team in St. Louis combats the racial gap in drownings by promoting water safety — not just for its athletes but also ...

The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...

Making Black Freedom in the World" uses artifacts, art, audio and video to explore the horrors of enslavement alongside the struggle for justice.

Amid uncertain times for immigrants in the U.S., Columbus has created an immigrants commission, something that was in the ...

Royal said she was subjected to a work environment so hostile that she was forced to take leave for work-related anxiety.

“Smith’s prior 10 years of efforts in print and behind the scenes to bring down baseball’s color barrier have been largely overshadowed ... II abroad and in the struggle for equal rights for African ...

The ball clubs have departed their springtime nests, pennant hopes are flowering like daffodils, the ancient game is springing to life again. For even the lowliest teams ...

President Trump has tasked his administration with making the country see the world through a haze of fear, distrust and scorn.

“Carney lost a lot of blood and nearly lost his life, but not once did he allow the flag to touch the ground ... in February 2017 to celebrate African American History Month.