Middlebrook said he met Jackson while in Selma, Alabama, in 1963 while working for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It ...

The Canton Freedom House, key to the US Civil Rights Movement and the last CORE site in Mississippi, joins the Mississippi Freedom Trail.

A new marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail was unveiled in Canton, commemorating the Canton Freedom House's role in the Civil Rights Movement.

The way to honor Jackson is to “intensify the struggle for racial and economic justice,” his campaign co-chair said.

They didn’t think I’d finish my walk alive," Moore wrote in his diary. "They didn’t think people believed I really stood for the things I do.” ...

Years before sit‑ins swept the South, a Mississippi doctor led a quiet revolution on the Gulf Coast — challenging segregation one step into the water at a time.

“Jackson’s life contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.” ...

Pushcart Players will present LIFT EVERY VOICE, a theatrical celebration of diversity and history, at Passaic County Community College.

She authored a statewide housing bill in 1968 and, in 1970, drafted what is still known today as the Mae Street Kidd Act, ...

Black history is a long tradition of problem-solving. Education, faith, economic independence, justice, family, culture, ...

Voter privacy: Illinois is also among more than 20 states the Justice Department has sued in an effort to obtain expansive ...

Former MSNBC anchor and best-selling author Joy-Anne Reid received a prestigious honor at the University of Memphis Saturday.