Hamer, a freedom fighter for Black rights, fought fiercely against white supremacy and failing health.

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer dedicated her life to securing equal voting rights for African Americans. Born in 1917 in Ruleville, Mississippi, Hamer worked with her sharecropper parents as a ...

Gordon J. Davis was New York City’s first Black parks commissioner and one of the most effective. He also led Lincoln Center.

Black voters reveal a generational divide, with younger voters drawn to the Democratic Socialists of America, and older voters focused on what can realistically be achieved ...

Muhammad Ali moved to the Arizona town of Show Low to train for a fight against Ken Norton in 1976, and he found the ...

A new biography connects the dots between the professor’s labor-union beginnings and the left-wing outlook that shaped his ...

Reynolda pairs Danny Lyon’s civil rights photographs with a musical program exploring the movement’s cultural history in ...

Selma Sisters March On” tells the story of sisters Alice Moore and Denise Jarnigan-Holt, who were teenagers when they joined ...

As a student at Pitt, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani's father was introduced to a “new world” of activism.

Ella Baker (1903-1986) believed democracy worked when ordinary individuals discover their power. Rather than striving to be a ...

The John Lewis School of Public Policy and Social Sciences will serve as the new home for undergraduate and graduate programs in behavior analysis, criminal justice, homeland security and emergency ...

With more than 15 years of experience crafting content about all aspects of personal finance, Michael Benninger knows how to identify smart moves for your money. His work has been published by Intuit, ...