In 1961, activists and civil rights groups banded together en masse like never before to end legal segregation and expand voting access.
Author: Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY
Angola’s president left emotional after tour of national African American history museum
President Joao Lourenço urged Africans and those of African descent in the diaspora to come together over shared history of enslavement.
Black activists travel the South to push for voting protections, honor Freedom Riders
Black Voters Matters led a bus tour through the South in its campaign to urge Congress to take action and protect voting rights.
Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Billie Eilish demand Congress pass voting rights bill
A national group led by Michelle Obama is sending an open letter to Americans Tuesday urging them to push Congress to support a voting rights bill.
Democrats and Republicans are battling over voting rights in Congress and at statehouses. Which side will win?
As Republicans propose measures to limit access to voting, Democrats are pushing sweeping legislation to expand access to the polls.
Faith groups are stepping up to host vaccine sites. Why churches are key places, especially for people of color.
Faith groups are stepping up to become vaccine sites, particularly in communities of color, which have been disproportionately hard hit by COVID-19.
‘We earned it’: Women of color at inauguration celebrate Kamala Harris
Pink and green, the colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, joined red, white and blue on Inauguration Day.
To help heal racial wounds, Black national anthem would become America’s hymn under proposal
To help heal racial wounds, U.S. Rep. James Clyburn pushes to make “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the Black national anthem, America’s national hymn.
‘Changing the tone’ is key: Civil rights groups urge Biden to make COVID-19, racial justice top priorities
With civil unrest and a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted communities of color, civil rights leaders say it’s important for Biden to act.
How civil rights leader James Clyburn helped Joe Biden and Black America win the White House
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn has been fighting for civil rights for 60 years. At 80, he gave himself one last job: Get Donald Trump out of the White House.