Heading out to learn Mississippi this summer? This is a list of state landmarks that shaped the Black civil rights movement and impacted America's history.

Black women helped launch the Civil Rights Movement in 1955. Today, we are still leading the charge. Meet six activists who are as fearless as our forebears. Rahiel Tesfamariam traveled to war-torn ...

Cardi B recently celebrated how the progress that Black Americans have fought for continues to shape immigrant life in the ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther ...

As a series of memorial services begin to pay respects to Jackson, a new generation of leaders works to preserve hard-fought civil rights gains. Civil rights leaders say the racial progress Jesse ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights leaders launched a campaign to counter Trump administration ...

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s ...

Jackson was a two-time presidential candidate and a protege of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was present at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis in April 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated. Jackson soon ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84. He died peacefully on Tuesday ...