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Byline: Tobi Raji Target says it will no longer sell a civil rights activity kit that misidentified three prominent Black leaders - including one who is widely regarded as âthe [...]

Byline: By, Louise Lazell It's sixty years since Bob Dylan's iconic album The Times They Are a-Changin' first hit the charts and its title track remains as powerfully relevant today [...]

Byline: SARAH-TAI BLACK; Special to The Globe and Ma Speaking with Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck over Zoom, the director gently laughs as he refers to what he calls his 'injustice [...]

Byline: Deborah Johnson Contributor Abstract: Nyani Nkrumah explores racism and colorism in her debut novel, 'Wade in the Water.' Her findings upend traditional thinking on the topic. In her thought-provoking [...]

Byline: Kelley Bouchard Jan. 16WESTBROOK Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a meaningful opportunity for Shirley Gaudet and other members of the Social Justice and Peace Committee of St. Anthony [...]

Byline: Henry Savage Jan. 10Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023 is on Monday, Jan. 16. The day of service celebrates the civil rights leader and emphasizes his legacy and the [...]

Byline: O'Dell Isaac Nov. 1Henry Allen Jr., a former president of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP and civil rights advocate, died Thursday after a long illness. He was [...]

Byline: Nancy Cutler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Civil rights stalwarts nationwide mourned the death of June Shagaloff Alexander, an organizer who started her work with Thurgood Marshall in 1950. Her legacy [...]

A series of incidents in Georgia appeared to be targeting markers dedicated to Black Americans. ''This should not be happening,'' said Robinson's cousin. In the countryside of southwestern Georgia, roughly [...]

How do you measure progress? The incrementalist counsels patience: Something is better than nothing, half a loaf is better than none. Characteristically, Malcolm X wasn't having any of that. In [...]

Walldorf: SAP has issued the following news release: On the third Monday of January each year, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is honored in the U.S. King was an American [...]

Mar. 18JANESVILLE A new Courageous Conversations discussion Monday, March 22, will focus on women of color who were social justice leaders and activists in the 1950s and '60s. The presentation, [...]

Byline: Molly McElwee Darcy Bourne's life changed in an instant last year. Standing at a crowded Black Lives Matter protest in central London, the paint still wet on the sign [...]

Byline: Michelle Boorstein WASHINGTON - The Rev. William J. Barber II, a fiery North Carolina preacher and anti-poverty crusader, will deliver the homily at the official inaugural prayer service at [...]

Byline: Walter Houston Robinson Correspondent Abstract: George Wallace's apology to the congregation where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached underscores King's emphasis on the power of forgiveness. As this year's [...]

Byline: Amir Vera and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) -- Two dorms at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will now bear the names of two Black civil rights leaders in the [...]

Byline: Molly McElwee Darcy Bourne's life changed in an instant last year. Standing at a crowded Black Lives Matter protest in central London, the paint still wet on the sign [...]

Byline: Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) -- President Joe Biden called for racial justice and unity in America on Wednesday, acknowledging that the nation has been deeply divided by political [...]

Byline: Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) -- President Joe Biden called for racial justice and unity in America on Wednesday, acknowledging that the nation has been deeply divided by political [...]

Byline: Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) -- When President-elect Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech Wednesday, civil rights leaders are hoping for more than just promises, but a plan of action [...]

Byline: Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) -- A political cartoon of Colin Kaepernick kneeling with his Afro in the shape of a black fist has gone viral. But the illustration -- [...]

Byline: Dean Obeidallah (CNN) -- 'You know the definition of a Southern moderate? That's a cat that'll lynch you from a low tree.' That joke, delivered in the 1960s by [...]

Byline: Peniel Joseph (CNN) -- The death of Tom Hayden -- the iconic anti-war and civil rights activist, who was perhaps the most recognizable face of the New Left in [...]

Byline: Joseph A. Califano Jr. What's wrong with Hollywood? The makers of the new movie 'Selma' apparently just couldn't resist taking dramatic, trumped-up license with a true story that didn't [...]

Byline: Sarah Larimer and Kimberly Kindy ST. LOUIS - Mourners are expected to gather at a St. Louis church Monday morning for the funeral services for 18-year-old Michael Brown, who [...]

Byline: Joshua DuBois What advice would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have for the nation's first black president, who is emerging from one of his toughest years? We usually [...]

Byline: Henry Bailey Nov. 03--Joining his countrymen in the Pacific in battle against the aggression of Imperial Japan in World War II, Elbert Lester and fellow African Americans in the [...]

'Tikkun olam' is a Hebrew phrase that means to fix or mend a broken world. For Zev Aelony, doing so was simply a way of life. From his late teens [...]

THE New Jersey Division on Civil Rights is getting a new director. His name is Chinh Le. He is 34 years old, with five-years experience at the NAACP Legal Defense [...]

The local Southern Christian Leadership Conference has announced plans for its annual events marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. in Cobb County. This is the fourth year the [...]

Washington --- Rep. John Lewis strode down the sidewalk wearing a gray pinstriped suit and blue dress shirt open at the neck. 'They don't like for you to wear a [...]