Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice movements today.

Law enforcement’s “Bloody Sunday” attack on those peaceful protesters on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, during the first attempt at that march, was so appallingly brutal that it swayed ...

There's always what we say, and what we mean, and a gap between the two; what we mean to do, and what we really do, and a gap ...

Kathy Hochul announced in January, aims to repair five bridges along the Cross Bronx ... at Monday’s event were students from nearby Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, including Jeremiah ...

The role of spirituality, education and storytelling The McNair sisters and Thigpen hope to bridge the gap between ... able to spout off names like Fannie Lou Hamer and Mary McLeod Bethune.

Drawing on this ethos could help anchor today’s struggles to bridge divisions and build collective power. Adapted from Theology in the Capitalocene: Ecology, Identity, Class, and Solidarity ...

The Fannie Lou Hamer Farm Project is a student-led initiative focused on “Black wellness and land-based learning and healing” on campus through farming and workshops centered around food ...

Hurley, 68, was one of the leaders of the 1975 Atlantic City boys track and field team, one of the best in school history. The Vikings, coached by Frank Campo, finished undefeated in dual meets and ...

Historian Martha S. Jones traces the lives of Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer and other Black women activists and agitators who fought to see voting rights enshrined ...

Two of Fannie Mae Multifamily’s top brass, Rob Levin and Dan Dresser, are on their way out at the mortgage giant, according to sources familiar with the matter. Levin was head of multifamily ...

I was recently watching a documentary about [the civil rights activist] Fannie Lou Hamer, and she’s from Mississippi. My grandparents are from Mississippi, and I think I hadn’t really made the ...