Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the ...

Martin Luther King waves to supporters during the "March on Washington," where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, August 28, 1963. Throughout history, progress has never been ...

The year 1963 was a landmark one for the civil rights movement – and it's the subject of Peniel Joseph's new book Freedom Season. In the book, the University of Texas at Austin professor argues the ...

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...