On Friday, friends and family of the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders gathered at the historic Ebenezer Baptist ...

Though Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially recognized on Monday, students, staff and community members gathered in ...

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

National Urban League president Marc H. Morial on Wednesday called President Trump's executive order dismantling federal ...

With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that overturned government ...

The NCRM said that the museum will conduct a "thorough and scholarly review" of any documents that contain unredacted details ...

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...

Martin Luther King Jr's legacy in the Civil Rights space is an ever-present inspiration to all oppressed and marginalized ...

The following five stories are a great place to start if you’re interested in learning about historic places, people and events that are tied to Shreveport and connected to the American ...

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing is set to host a civil rights movement ...

Jan. 19—Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was in his mid-20s when he rose to prominence as the father of the American Civil Rights Movement. The late U.S. Rep John Lewis was just 21 years old when he became ...