The recent attacks on the Voting Rights Act aren't isolated legal agreements. They're part of a larger pattern unfolding ...

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Black Americans remained enslaved for another 82 years, which is exactly why Juneteenth continues to carry such deep meaning ...

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

(RNS) — Scholar Lerone Martin reveals little-known pieces of history in ‘Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.’ ...

Quote of the day by Maya Angelou: Maya Angelou, a celebrated poet and activist, overcame a difficult childhood marked by ...

Biblical rhetoric in American life has helped sustain a pluralistic moral vision, writes a scholar specializing in the ...

Biblical rhetoric in American life has helped sustain a pluralistic moral vision, writes a scholar specializing in the influence of Jewish ideas on American history.

President Donald Trump is yet again comparing his crowd sizes to a prominent Black figure, but this time, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, who infamously claimed to have brought out ...

Filter King LLC has announced the launch of Freedom Filters, a limited-edition range of HVAC air filters created to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The collection features a ...

Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ...