Charles Person, known as the youngest of the original 13 Freedom Riders, has died at 82. He passed away peacefully at his ...

Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.

Dooky Chase's Restaurant has revealed its long-awaited upstairs dining room. Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, one of New Orleans' ...

Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Saturday, President Joe ...

Nearly 70 years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally tortured, murdered and disposed of in a river after whistling at a ...

MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight for ciivl rights.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the legacy of the American civil rights icon, is this month. Here's what you should know.

Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 notable individuals, including Hillary Clinton, George Soros, ...

US President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients at a ceremony in Washington on Saturday.The Medal of ...

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sent black ... In his closing words, the president invoked a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. An SCLC staffer watching the speech with Reverend ...

The Gideon vs. Wainwright Historical Marker in Panama City celebrates a landmark 1963 Supreme Court ruling. ©Dick Demarsico ...