New generation. That’s the mantra of a multiracial group of civil rights leaders and activists organizing opposition to a ...

No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans.” “Colored served in rear.” “For whites only.” It’s the type of signage that hung from the doors and windows of ...

The writer Rashidah Ismaili honors a storied literary tradition by hosting Salon d’Afrique, a creative gathering for ...

Just a few feet into the Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See exhibit sits an old-fashioned, black rotary ...

Here's how a renowned photojournalist captured the week's most chaotic moments at the Tennessee State Capital.

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

Hooks led the NAACP as its executive director from 1977 until his retirement in 1993. His legacy continues through the ...

But looking at the photos of these protests, something else stands out. Nurphoto / A march from 1970 for abortion rights ...

The image ran in the San Francisco News within days of Lange creating it and quickly became synonymous with Depression-area ...

Andrew Young, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. for voting rights, has strong words for the Supreme Court but tells CNN he remains undaunted in his hopes for America.

AP photographer Jack Thornell, who won the 1967 Pulitzer for capturing the shooting of James Meredith, has died at 86.

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 ...