Reflecting on the catalyst for civil justice, Frank Smith Jr. credits Rosa Parks' strength for igniting the Civil Rights ...

On Nov. 20, 1855, 49 delegates from across California gathered at St. Andrews AME Church for something revolutionary.

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted ...

Jazmyne Owens interviews GeDá Jones Herbert on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its impacts on civil rights protections and enforcement in public schools.

One of the earliest efforts to charge the US for genocide arose from the 17 December, 1951 submission of a petition to the UN ...

The Emmett Till Interpretive Center purchased the barn located outside the city of Drew, aided by a $1.5 million donation ...

Memories of the words they spoke 70 years ago have faded, but the sentiment remains. "I felt her passion," Crenshaw said.

As the nation looks to the holidays and fallout from the longest government shutdown in history, funds are slowly becoming ...

Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, has died at the age of 82, his son confirmed in an emotional video posted ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA) - America is celebrating 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The ...

Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, has died in prison still fighting conviction in the killing of a Fulton County deputy. He was 82 and suffered cancer.