The document, recalled his untutored protégé, “brought me an interpretation of much that before had been only inarticulate ...

Lora Troutman is founder and president of The Peace and Freedom Committee, which promotes unity and education among youth.

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, is a major reexamination of the civil rights leader that offers a different picture of both King’s own experiences of police brutality and ...

For many in the Natchez community, the scars from racism run deep and the struggle is far from over, as evidenced by stories ...

In Freedom Ship, Marcus Rediker (a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and author, among other books, of The ...

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The two leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice for Black ...

Peniel Joseph writes about this pivotal year in his new book, "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights ...

We owe Malcolm X much more than occasional mentions during Black History Month. His teachings, his courage under fire, and ...

Reflection on the life and legacy of Malcolm X, a powerful Black leader who continues to inspire and motivate generations.

Censorship is an act of cowardice and a direct refusal of the mirror I hold up to the US’s racist past and present.