The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture celebrates its 100th anniversary on Thursday with a new exhibition and concern among supporters about a right-wing assault on African American ...

Clarence Boykins, a prominent figure in Tucson known for his dedication to community service and leadership, has passed away at the age of 87. Boykins played ...

Tara Campbell unlocked the front door of the Bricklayers Hall, a no-frills brick building on South Union Street in downtown Montgomery, half a mile from the white-domed Alabama Capitol. She was ...

North Springs High School student Zoe Allen's poem "The Flower of Love" won the Inspirational Messages of Peace contest, and ...

Regan Prater set fire to the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center and took credit for it in encrypted ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March ...

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Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...

"The sculpture will serve as a reminder to every lawyer who walks through this courtyard that service, courage and character ...

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