The Unitarian Universalist Society of Grafton & Upton and the Grafton Public Library are hosting a public reading on July 5 ...

The descendant of two of the most iconic civil rights advocates in American history was front and center of a discussion hosted on-Island this past week. Last Thursday the Union Chapel hosted Kenneth ...

Bob Dylan — or Bobby Dillon, according to an article — performed in Mississippi, where he sang in honor of Medgar Evers.

As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

Juneteenth became a time for both reflection and celebration, blending solemn remembrance with joyous expressions of culture and resilience. Activities often include community gatherings, historical ...

On Juneteenth, District residents are celebrating the holiday with various events, including a Freedom & Unity Walk and a ...

The Trump administration is trying to quickly and quietly roll back certain civil rights protections in schools by exploiting an administrative loophole and pushing the process through an unusual ...

He remained active in civil rights organizations and served on the board of his alma mater, as well as for Bennett College and the University of North Carolina. He died on January 9, 2014, at age 73.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The gay rights movement in the U.S. has come a long way in the last 60 years, illustrated by some of the landmark moments in local and national history.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Friends of Frederick Douglass and community members honored the 126th anniversary of the Frederick Douglass Monument’s unveiling on Monday. The commemoration ...

Federal authorities moved Friday to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the use ...

Richey positioned herself as prepared to continue the Trump administration’s crusades against trans women athletes and campus antisemitism—but provided little insight into how she plans to do so with ...