Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1965 March on Washington was a galvanizing moment for the American civil-rights movement of the ‘60s, but in terms of media ...

Helena Hicks, a civil rights advocate who led a 1950s protest to desegregate the old Read’s drug store lunch counter, died of pneumonia complicated by Lewy body dementia Thursday at the William L. and ...

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were more than academic institutions during the Civil Rights Movement—they were incubators for activism, leadership, and systemic change. From ...

The 1965 March on Washington was a galvanizing moment for the American civil-rights movement of the ‘60s, but in terms of media coverage of American race relations of that era, it happened in the ...