When it comes to soul music, sometimes just a single line of lyrics can be enough to make a fan out of a casual listener.

It’s clear that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence movement benefited from Clarence B. Jones’ North Philly swag. Jones’ gravelly voice narrates The Baddest Speechwriter of All, Steph ...

…How to be young, gifted and black?Oh, how I long to know the truthThere are times when I look backAnd I am haunted by my youth…”This are opening lines from the 3rd verse of her popular Civil Rights ...

Northwest Ohio area leaders reflect on the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's legacy, remembering his activism, while talking about the movement's future.

Justice and labor leaders call for an end to subminimum wage, declaring it the unfinished business of the Civil Rights ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United ...

In his generation, Clyburn saw the first Black president. In his generation, Jeffries is likely to become the first Black Speaker of the House. His rise will mean Black Americans have held three of ...

From the outset, “Edward L. Blackshear at Prairie View,” a new book by John A. Adams Jr. (Texas A&M University Press), ...

A profile of African-American education reformer Howard Fuller, and his far-reaching influence on the school choice movement ...

Denver's mayor announced that the city will lower flags to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader whose legacy impacted Colorado deeply.