Frederick Douglass was an Eastern Shore native, abolitionist leader, social reformer, and one of the most important leaders of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century.

Black History Month is a time to reflect on the nation’s civil rights struggles. Hagerstown author Ed Maliskas said ...

African-American students at Illinois State University faced the same type of housing discrimination. Morris went to the ...

What really happened the day Malcolm X was murdered and how can we understand his significance to civil rights in America?

DEI for Black Americans in the second age of Trump has a new meaning called the Declaration of Economic Independence.

Javier Wallace, a postdoctoral associate at Duke University, was digging through the school’s archives while doing research ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...

President Trump raised both hopes and hackles with the formation of a federal task force to root out “anti-Christian bias” within the federal government and the creation of a new White ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, has a long history, working since 1909 to advance justice and equality for African Americans. It was ...

Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1951 when a bomb was placed under their home in Mims.

During Black History Month and beyond, locals and visitors alike can take in the "Many Voices" exhibit at Hildene, the ...

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan formed a branch in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1920 and nearly took control of the state in 1922.