March On! Festival, the longest-running civil rights film festival, returns to D.C. from Sept. 15-21, focusing on social ...

Despite efforts to restrict the teaching of Black history, civil rights veterans are crafting college courses for educators to share.

This weekend Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, with a series of events in the state’s capital city intended to cause reflection, ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores ...

As the school voucher debate unfolds this legislative session, both sides have attempted to pick up the mantle of the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement to make their case about subsidizing private ...

The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will launch a queer history digital archive this Fall to celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an openly gay ...

Months after a pivotal election and in the face of mounting civil rights rollbacks, Black thought leaders gathered at the Global Black Economic Forum stage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture ...

April 11 marks a century since the birth of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the Detroit mother of five murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama in 1965 during the height of the civil rights movement. We are ...