The youth played an important role in the civil rights movement.
, a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, praised President Biden’s
fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request
(NY-13) voted to pass H.R. 5, the Equality Act, to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights law.
With 78 days until
, I Have A Right To Vote,
in collaboration with
The Abyssinian Baptist Church
in the City of New York, for a special virtual tribute honoring the life and legacy of the late Congressman
John Robert Lewis
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Black Public Media (BPM) hosts the second biennial National Black Media Story Summit from Tuesday, June 23 to Thursday, June 25, 2020.
On Thursday, December 13, 2019, evening,
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
hosted the 2019 Ripple of Hope Awards, recognizing four exceptional humanitarians for their commitment to social justice and civil rights.
issued the following statement in recognition of the anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, signed into law this day in 1964 by President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Isola Ware Curry June 14, 1916 – March 7, 2015, was an African-American woman who attempted to assassinate civil rights leader
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Longtime CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker said journalists must remain free to "hear the dispossessed, free to challenge the status quo," and "free to present truth to the powerful."
This year’s list of
America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
, compiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, includes a
in the LGBT community,
Miami’s Little Havana
, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “
,” housed inside of the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, AL.