An often-forgotten battle for free speech rights started when the activist took a stand to take his seat....

When running for president, candidates are expected to be well-versed in many things: international relations, economics, education policy, immigration. But what about race?...

Longtime civil rights activist Dr. Benjamin Chavis has this to say about people who complain they’re tired of protest marches...

Chanting with enough power and confidence to put U.S. Army recruits to shame, the 11- and 12-year-old students at Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls this morning (August 17) yelled, “We are Hawthorn.”...

“I know that I speak for all of you that we are sick and tired of reading about and seeing videos of unarmed African-Americans being shot.”...

The 18-year-old definitely proved black girls rock, even in gymnastics....

“Julian Bond helped change this country for the better,” President Obama said....

Dellarontay Readus planned to support his mother once he finished college, and he worked super hard to earn a full ride to Stanford. But sadly, his mother died before he could accomplish his dream....

When Bree Newsome visited Ferguson to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s being killed, she was not going back to the source of her activism. It was actually the Trayvon Martin killing...

We are past the time of people saying they want diversity....

In addition to a sizable $25 billion fund for private HBCUs, the Democratic presidential candidate promises other improvements to help ease the cost of receiving an education....

Sanders, who’s running for president, has one. (And he was bullied into it by Black Lives Matter.) But what’s up with everyone else?...

“There’s a critical opportunity before presidential candidates right now.”...

The coming-of-age film brilliantly tells the story of how the members of the iconic rap group used their life stories to change music forever....

Jay Nixon announced that $250,000 in tax credits will be available to help the club raise $500,000 in donations to fund the transformation of the Matthews-Dickey Bob Russell Park in North County St. Louis....

Courtney Holmes even helped the children who sat in his barber chair sound out words they didn’t know....