He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.
Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...
The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have ... Music clearly played a starring role in the civil ...
A local organization was raising funds to take children on an educational trip to visit iconic civil rights landmarks in the ...
Two Hunter alumni, Devashish “Dave” Basnet ’22 and Alexis Fisher ’21, have been chosen for the John Robert Lewis Scholars & ...
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...
A host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his ...
Born in Crescent City on April 15, 1889, then raised and educated in Jacksonville, Florida Mr. Asa Philip Randolph was the son of an AME Minister and tailor father, and seamstress mother.
As President Trump and Republicans seize on diversity policies, political experts weigh in on Democrats' strategy to combat ...
Reverend Calvin R. Austin, III, died on Monday, February 4, 2025. On Tuesday morning, Mayor Arceneaux penned a touching reflection on Reverend Austin’s impact on the city and his lifelong legacy as an ...
Sometimes, dignity can come with something as simple as a name tag. In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car ...