If the first civil rights movement was defined by three words—"We Shall Overcome"—then the second civil rights movement has ...

The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed ...

The movement is a 24-hour economic blackout where consumers are not supposed to buy from corporations, avoid all nonessential ...

Diane Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation ...

The work of Preston Jackson fills Peoria's artistic tableau, with a Native American-inspired sculpture coming this summer to ...

The People's Union USA calls the 24-hour spending abstinence, which started at midnight, an "economic blackout," a term that ...

Activists want you to stop buying for 24 hours. Here's who's behind the economic blackout, what its aim is, and how it ...

Women comprise more than half of the population and make history virtually everywhere. Yet, only 13 U.S. national park sites ...

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

A century ago, African Americans fell in love with bridge. Excluded from whites-only leagues, they made the game their own, ...

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley” is a creative re-enactment of James Baldwin and William F. Buckley's 1965 battle about the ...

Michigan City will celebrate the trailblazing suffragist Naomi Anderson with a "Celebrating Naomi Anderson" community event ...