As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn't blind to the fact racism existed. But he also knew freedom ...

Coretta Scott King is known for being the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. But her legacy is one of an international fight for ...

Here, MassLive is highlighting 10 people — including educators, artists, businesspeople and advocates — identified for their ...

The collection of hats once owned by those four women are now on display at the Atlanta History Center as the “Hats of the King Family Women” exhibit, part of the larger “She Shall Not Be Moved” ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

Born April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, she faced segregation head-on from childhood, walking five miles to school while ...

February celebrates Black History Month, where we honor and pay homage to African Americans that have contributed to the ...

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"This is a very powerful thing for ... tribute to Dr Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, but it's also a tribute to our city as a whole, to talk about the Black histories of our city ...

February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons including Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois. These ...

In my life, I have been a colored, a Negro, a black, an African American, and a person of the global majority. This is my reflection as a colored girl. Powerful colored women. For all my sins ...

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: “The First State of Being,” written by Erin Entrada Kelly, is the Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by ...