Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who operated mostly in Philadelphia. He was known for his more aggressive push for change and ...

There’s an adage that goes: “The best part of the meal is the company.” And those words were never more true than in June 1958 when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town.

Starting with the early career of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., WSB-TV has covered every moment of the civil rights movement.

Much of the civil rights movement is remembered through the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. There were a number of people who also made valuable contributions but aren’t known as well. Among them ...

Many prominent historical figures are from the Metro Detroit area. Here’s a list of prominent Black historical figures in ...

Jan. 19, residents gathered by the JTI Fountain in downtown Danville for the annual "Stop the Killing" march, a powerful ...

Founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, Calif., the party was part of the Black Power movement whose ...

The Kansas City men of Alpha Phi Alpha honored MLK Jr. with their 27th annual breakfast, featuring a panel on the future of ...

Before US President Donald J. Trump returned to the Oval Office and began systematically attacking initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across US institutions, Alabama ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

Wood helped to coordinate Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Lynchburg ... which became a local unit of Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference,” Coleman recalled.

The dogs, hoses, and armored cars were not effective in the way that Bull Connor and much of white Birmingham wanted them to ...