Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.
Who was Virginia’s first Black governor? When did the University of Virginia admit its first Black student? Who founded Henrico’s Ziontown Community, a settlement built in the Tuckahoe District after ...
More than a year after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions, a controversial education reformer ...
Board of Education decision, declaring segregation unconstitutional — to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, white Southerners escalated their campaign of intimidation and violence to keep ...
Civil rights are not reversible. Once the ratchet of rights has been opened, they cannot tighten. This was the argument of Martin Luther King, Jr, who stated numerous times, including after the famous ...
David Enrich’s new book, ‘Murder the Truth,’ and two classics reveal how efforts to undo Times v. Sullivan endanger ...
As Roanoke plans major upgrades to Washington Park, tensions linger over the city's history of urban planning in majority ...
Trump’s pick for US attorney for D.C. has history of inflammatory, racist comments - His nomination for U.S. Attorney for D.C ...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...
The 'Black Belt' region in the Southern United States is significant historically, geologically, and socio-politically. Known ...
The next morning, more consequences awaited Cunningham at Male High School. The principal, Williams Standford Milburn, called ...