Son of a dining-car waiter and schoolteacher and also counsel for the NAACP beginning in 1934, Thurgood Marshall successfully argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), which ...

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

He was the kind of defiant, well-schooled, experienced attorney that Nevada needed at that time,” a historian said.

A significant figure in the Civil Rights movement and a historic federal judge, Constance Baker Motley remains largely ...

Block by Block continues with a look inside a Savannah neighborhood where several civil rights leaders once lived.

Historic landmarks within the capital city help demonstrate Black History’s impact in Mississippi. The Two Mississippi ...

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 ...

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

“We are deeply concerned by the unlawful termination of two highly qualified EEOC commissioners before the end of their term.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have long been celebrated as places where Black culture is honored, and their student bodies reflect the diversity ...

Loudoun resident Donna Bohanon was on the Loudoun County Heritage Commission that successfully campaigned for the renaming of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high ...