On the fifth anniversary of John Lewis' death, people across the nation are being called to action to engage in 'good trouble ...

Civil rights icon John Lewis died five years ago this week, but his example continues to inspire the kind of "good trouble" ...

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In 2011, after more than 50 years on the front lines of the civil rights movement, America’s first Black President placed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on his neck.

A new digital archive honoring Bayard Rustin is set to launch this fall, according to the Associated Press. The Bayard Rustin ...

Lewis, a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., battled pancreatic cancer. Rep. John Robert Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and civil rights icon, died Friday. He was 80 years old. Lewis passed seven ...

Civil rights icons Diane Nash and Fred Gray on Thursday afternoon were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Joe Biden.. Nash and Gray ...

Alabama civil rights icon Bruce Boynton, who inspired Freedom Rides, dies at 83. Updated: Nov. 24, ... Freedom Riders were attacked and arrested in southern states including Alabama, ...

Just as it took intense public pressure to force Congress and then-president Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Voting Rights Act in 1965, activists have stepped up their efforts to push the federal ...

Alabama civil rights icon Bruce Boynton, who helped inspire the Freedom Riders movement when he ordered at a whites only section of a restaurant, has died. He was 83.

Civil rights activist and broadcaster Xernona Clayton (center) and comedian Chris Tucker (right) pose on the red carpet before the National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Awards event, Oct. 17, 2024.

Harris evoked themes of freedom and justice, and referenced the words of civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, telling the audience, “The fight for civil rights must be fought and won with each ...