Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

Rio Grande Valley-based writer and retired educator Samuel Freeman remembers President Carter as a champion of civil rights.

Sundiata Cha-Jua is a professor of African American studies and history at the University of Illinois and a member of the North End Breakfast Club. His email is [email protected].

Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. Advocates are again pressing Joe Biden to rewrite history.

Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population ...

Two hours after making his historic remarks on same-sex unions, then-President Barack Obama held a critical conference call ...

Rep. Charles Diggs of Michigan formed the Democratic Select Committee, which became formally organized into the Congressional ...