The Plainfield Performing Arts Center will host “The Black Experience: A Civil Rights Museum Showcase” from noon to 7 p.m.

The Historic Westside of Las Vegas is often forgotten. Still, the neighborhood is a pivotal part of the city’s history, specifically the uprising of 1969 and its role in the civil rights movement. “It ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

In every activist movement since the beginning of recorded history, leaders have had to recruit followers to join their movement. In the 1960’s civil rights movement, this strategy led Dr. Martin ...

Designed by artist Christopher Blay, the monument, located on East Rosedale Avenue, is a tribute to the role public ...

Content warning: This piece includes an account of an apparent suicide.

WSB is celebrating Black History Month through stories about people in our community who are making a difference.

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

COFO. It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many of you have never heard of it, COFO is an organization born in Mississippi, that was a crucial piece of the civil rights ...

Never let them tell you that nothing ever changes in politics. In 1996, just 27 percent of American adults believed that the ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?