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OPINION - Dorothy Height reminds us that even long lives are far too short, and that the time for action…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A judge ordered a small south Mississippi school district to stop allowing hundreds of white students…
Although her name is not widely recognized, this pioneer played in important role in one of the most important events…
In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student…
ATLANTA (AP) - In a city where black history usually calls to mind the lives of civil rights leaders, a…
OPINION - Before I saw "Whitewash," the images of surfing that were etched in my mind were from the beach…
OPINION - Eleven o'clock on Sunday morning is America's most segregated hour. But recent indications suggest that some want to…
It's the kind of story they make movies about. A team of young boys denied the opportunity to play baseball…
U.S. Justice Department wants a small Mississippi school district to end its practice of allowing hundreds of white students to…
A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state's white political leaders to maintain separate…
In the early 1900s, vicious attacks against African Americans were almost as common in the North as in the South.
In Arkansas Sataurday, it was a memorable reunion for a senior class that didnt exist. Classmates from the Horace Mann…
KYLE HARVEY James Young recently made history in Philadelphia, Mississippi after defeating the incumbent Rayburn Waddell by 46 votes. On
July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the company of Martin Luther King Jr.
Watch the full introduction of the resolution by Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of…
BRUCE MILES (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald SCHAUMBURG, Illl. (AP) — Louis Clarizio remembers riding the buses. He remembers seeing the
The New York Times reported on two proms held by Montgomery County High School in Mount Vernon, Ga. One is