Meet the powerful voices leading Civil Rights Movement 2.0, from attorneys to community organizers, as they tackle systemic racism and advocate for Black lives.

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

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B eing Black in America is an honor and a privilege. Black people in this country have endured and overcome so much while simultaneously contributing to every aspect of America’ ...

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American Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, seated, centre-right) gives a press conference regarding an agreement reached on a 'limited desegregation plan ...

Those are some of the findings from new data released Jan. 16 by the U.S. Department of Education’s office for civil rights, which show the persistence of longstanding disparities in the nation ...

The North Carolina native moved to Georgia to minister for the predominantly Black congregation amid rising racial tensions and a burgeoning civil rights movement. Hairston became a part of that ...