The longtime Congressman and Civil Rights pioneer passed away on Friday night from prostate cancer.

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The trial of the NYPD officer who fatally shot Ramarley Graham, an unarmed 18-year-old from the Bronx, is slated to begin on Tuesday.

A Georgia county commissioner refuses to resign for calling John Lewis a 'racist pig.' Democrats are calling for his ouster.

At least 40 House Democrats are boycotting Trump's inauguration. Some cite his Twitter attack of John Lewis.

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The U.S. Senate approved a budget resolution that would allow Republicans to swiftly reform the Affordable Care Act.

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The new legislation will allow civil rights cold cases that happened prior to 1970 to be reopened.

Former Black Panther Sekou Odinga and Black Lives Matter activist Larry Fellows may come from different Black liberation movements, but both understand that to truly celebrate Black History Month, we must dig deeper.

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America has lost a warrior of the Civil Rights Movement. Amelia Boynton Robinson died today in Alabama of a massive stroke.

Voting rights advocates are urging lawmakers to restore voting protections reduced in a 2013 Supreme Court decision.

President Barack Obama has always admired the Civil Rights Movement. The White House is adorned with artwork depicting the struggles of the 60s. He mentions it in…

March 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of what is commonly referred to as “Bloody Sunday.” A group of peaceful, civil rights activists made the 50-mile…

Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new…