In the 1970s, Amin enlisted Black Ugandans to battle against racial minorities who were said to dominate the economy and public life. Today an ascendant right wing encourages aggrieved white Americans ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

William L. Clay Sr., a longtime advocate for civil rights and workers’ rights and Missouri’s first Black congressman, died ...

Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United ...

Ad Policy Donald Trump speaks at his victory rally on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC, one day before being sworn back into office as president. (Scott Olson / ) D ...

Over the past week, the West African nation of Liberia was widely reported in the news around the globe, while social media literally exploded – especially in Africa – when United States President ...

For Christian de Rezendes, the documentary has been a labor of love, one he didn't expect to grow so big and take so long.

Rebecca Kinney left St. John Elementary School as a student 71 years ago. Years later she led an effort to restore it and ...

In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, ...

Dozens of attendees came to the Irene Givens Administration Building for the unveiling of ten new historic markers.

Inductees Harriette Gillem Robinet, Timuel Black and Oscar Brown Jr. are not only celebrated writers but civil rights activists who promoted a message of perseverance.

More than 100 years after his death, Robert Smalls — a Civil War hero, educator and South Carolina politician — will be ...