Civil rights activists will hold a five-day reenactment of the historic Selma march to urge Congress to advance voting rights legislation.
Author: Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY
Timeline: US leaders have pledged to eradicate racism time and again. They keep falling short.
Black Americans have long sought to persuade lawmakers, justices and everyday Americans to undo discriminatory laws and policies.
It was the ‘deadliest place’ for Black people in the US. That didn’t stop these high school students from changing history
More than 100 students walked out of Burglund High in Mississippi to protest racial injustice. Their work helped rally young people across the South.
They held a ‘read-in’ at a whites-only library in 1961 and helped end segregation. Meet the Tougaloo Nine.
A “read-in” led by the students who became known as the Tougaloo Nine inspired a Black youth activism movement in Mississippi.
Americans stood up to racism in 1961 and changed history. This is their fight, in their words.
In 1961, activists and civil rights groups banded together en masse like never before to end legal segregation and expand voting access.
Angola’s president left emotional after tour of national African American history museum
President Joao Lourenço urged Africans and those of African descent in the diaspora to come together over shared history of enslavement.
Black activists travel the South to push for voting protections, honor Freedom Riders
Black Voters Matters led a bus tour through the South in its campaign to urge Congress to take action and protect voting rights.
Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Billie Eilish demand Congress pass voting rights bill
A national group led by Michelle Obama is sending an open letter to Americans Tuesday urging them to push Congress to support a voting rights bill.
Democrats and Republicans are battling over voting rights in Congress and at statehouses. Which side will win?
As Republicans propose measures to limit access to voting, Democrats are pushing sweeping legislation to expand access to the polls.
To help heal racial wounds, Black national anthem would become America’s hymn under proposal
To help heal racial wounds, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn is pushing to make “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the Black national anthem, America’s national hymn.