After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet ...

In Nia Akilah Robinson's "The Great Privation," a mother and daughter stand vigil at a Philadelphia gravesite in 1832, ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, ...

Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955 was a key moment in the US civil rights ...

In 1956, Colvin became one of four plaintiffs in a case that successfully challenged Montgomery’s segregated bus seating as ...

Colvin was arrested months before Rosa Parks gained international fame before refusing to give up her seat on a segregated ...

A three-year analysis of Louisiana State Police data shows troopers use force against Black people at a rate that’s out of ...

Despite its official government recognition in 1975, scholars say Black History Month started decades earlier with the work ...

The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, a major boon ...

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed ...

The largest U.S. civil rights group on Tuesday said President Donald Trump was being deceptive in his comments about "reverse ...

When I said that Donald Trump was America’s worst self-inflicted injury, I did not know, at the time, how wrong I was. The ...