The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a Whites-only lunch counter.

AFPPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months severance, in his most radical move yet to drastically overhaul the ...

Under Doris Bland’s leadership, MAW reframed welfare as a right rather than a privilege, emphasizing the dignity and agency ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

Those of us committed to continuing King’s dream should be outraged by the unjust economic proposals being advanced by the ...

He helped found the Congress of Racial Equality and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ... the seminal event in American civil rights history – the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and ...

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...

The executive director of Equality California, an LGBTQ civil rights group, lauded Takano’s new role. “Rep. Takano has long ...

Dr. King's speeches, especially his iconic "I Have a Dream" address delivered during the 1963 March on Washington ... His advocacy for racial equality through peaceful protests and nonviolent ...

Philip Randolph, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bayard Rustin organized the March on Washington for ... People (NAACP); James Farmer, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); John Lewis, Student ...

Simple equations can change the world. The equation is both simple and transformative. Equality (E) is achieved when we multiply the Fairness of Opportunity (F) by the Quality of Representation (Q ...

Republicans in Congress have generally opposed DEI practices, which prioritize hiring people from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to Wray ...