civil rights

Sharpton flew to Cincinnati from Georgia, where the day before, he attended Ahmaud Arbery's murder trial, which he called a "lynching in the 21st century."

Jon Meacham and David Blight have both spent decades studying the nation's history, especially as it relates to civil rights. They're coming to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for a discussion on late Congressman John Lewis and the ongoing struggle for racial justice — the subject of an upcoming design exhibition at the museum as well.

On Sunday, June 27, on what would have been Marian Spencer's 101st birthday, a statue of the local civil rights leader will be unveiled at Smale Park.…

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a relatively new attraction, a tour through a tumultuous period in American history.Along the trail are remembrances of…

I grew up in journalism decades ago with crusty old editors who had a simple credo for what it was we journalists do.Our job, they said, was to comfort…

A former national president of the League of Women Voters and a popular satellite radio host are this year's recipients of the Freedom Summer of '64 Award…

Bayard Rustin was a leading strategist during America's civil rights movement and his life and work will be celebrated in an upcoming series of choral…

Civil rights lawyers Morris Dees and Joseph Levin, Jr. founded the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 1971. Since then the civil rights organization…

Jon Else was series producer and cinematographer for the groundbreaking civil rights television series, Eyes on the Prize. The series told the story from…

Note: This interview originally aired on August 15, 2016.Judge Nathaniel Jones was the first African-American to be an assistant United States attorney in…