Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...

Alabama educators and advocates want a preliminary injunction against a state law that limits specific classroom discussions ...

This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium hosted a two-day event to teach and empower communities ...

Over time, Negro History Week evolved into Black History Month, thanks in large part to the civil rights movement.

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Consortium is working to expand tourism to historic civil rights churches ...

To honor the achievements and contributions of African Americans during Black History Month and beyond, Discovery Education ...

Chatham Community Library celebrates Black History Month with Reggie Harris' "Freedom Songs and the Civil Rights Movement" ...