Civil Rights & Social Justice

Black History Month transformed America by restoring hidden histories, shaping education, and empowering Black communities.

Black History Month's purpose of education and remembrance is threatened by commercialization and performative gestures, requiring commitment beyond February.

Black History Month marks 100 years, but the fight to protect Black history is far from over amid censorship and erasure.

Lede Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the DOJ will conduct a civil rights investigation in the death of Alex Pretti.

A nationwide “economic blackout” is being staged on Friday, as more state officials take action to end ICE cooperation and hold agents accountable.

When Claudette Colvin left this world on January 13th, with her went a library, a recipe box, and a curriculum we still don't understand how to follow.

Dr. King’s dream was not an invitation to complacency; it was a call to arms of the spirit. A call to organize, to resist, to transform.

Few ever grapple with the true crux of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and the clarion call he and others had for jobs and justice.

On Dec. 16, a statue honoring Barbara Rose Johns—a Black teenager whose courage reshaped American education—was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. In 1951, Johns led a student walkout at her segregated Virginia high school, a bold act that helped dismantle school segregation nationwide. The unveiling marked a powerful shift in historical memory: her statue replaced […]

Rosa Parks’ brave refusal to give up her seat on Dec. 1, 1955, sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and changed history.

Viola Fletcher fought for justice for the Tulsa Race Massacre up until her death on Nov. 24. Here's why she is an icon.

Friday marks the 65th anniversary of Ruby Bridges becoming the first Black student to desegregate her New Orleans elementary school.