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 ...

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 ...

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

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

In fact, New York City schools have even been called some of the most segregated school districts in the nation, particularly ...

Black History Month began in 1926 as ‘Negro History Week’, founded by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the overlooked ...

Local Chattanooga attorney Maurice Weaver was brought into the case to represent the 25 defendants, and is featured in the ...

For many years, Juanita Jackson Mitchell's law office sat on the corner of Druid Hill Avenue, the 1200 block. Dr. Hathaway says the street carries historical importance standing at the center of the ...

Jotaka Eaddy, founder and CEO of #WinWithBlackWomen, and Essence Communications will receive special honors at the 56th NAACP ...

Thurgood Marshall stands as one of America's most influential legal minds, world knew as "Mr. Civil Rights," led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education.

Congressman Al Green, a Texas Democrat, said he will introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump in response to the comments he made about Gaza.

Great Migrations: A People on The Move is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, ...