WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned influential Pan-Africanist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who was wrongfully convicted of…
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Civil rights activist James Meredith honored with historical marker in Mississippi
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — A historical marker was unveiled in Mississippi town that was home to 91-year-old civil rights leader James…
Bronze statue of civil rights icon John Lewis replaces Confederate monument in Georgia
DECATUR, Ga. — A controversial confederate monument has been officially replaced after a 12-foot bronze statue of late civil rights…
Medgar Evers, civil rights icon, posthumously awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Slain civil rights activist and icon Medgar Evers was one of 19 people who were honored with the Presidential Medal…
Medgar Evers: Civil rights activist remembered on anniversary of assassination
Today marked 60 years after venerable civil rights activist Medgar Evers was killed outside his home — a devastating loss…
Harry Belafonte, legendary entertainer and civil rights activist, dies at 96
Revered and iconic civil rights activist, and legendary singer Harry Belafonte passed away today at age 96. Belafonte, who was…
Malcolm X: Family members announce plans to sue NYPD, federal agencies over assassination
Family members of slain civil rights activist Malcolm X announced on Tuesday they plan to sue the New York Police…
‘The most dangerous Negro’: 3 essential reads on the FBI’s assessment of MLK’s radical views and allies
By Howard Manly, The Conversation Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use…
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
By Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the…
Prominent Black leaders meet with Biden after historic speech warning of extremists’ threat to US democracy
Following his historic primetime speech to the nation Thursday night, President Joe Biden convened with a group of prominent Black…
