We do not protect children, adolescents, or students by denying them access to books. We harm them, and our country, writes a ...

The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

On March 8, 1857, women textile workers staged a march to advocate for equal rights and better working conditions. Today ...

"Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln ... Sojourner Truth and Rosa Parks." Legins-Costley was born in 1813 in Kaskaskia, then the capital of the Illinois Territory, some five ...

These museums not only preserve Women’s history but also serve as essential resources for the research and study of Black women.

Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.

Connection weaved through the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll and into the lives of several southern Illinoisans as a local ...

California’s slightly drier water year is bad news for fans of the super blooms. “Super bloom” is the common term for when many wildflowers bloom in a short span of ...

Luther Keith was a journalist, a descendent of a legendary civil rights family and the founder and executive director of ARISE Detroit!.

My schedule has been erratic this winter while I deal with some of that real-world stuff, which I’ll have some more to say about it in a near-future newsletter or column. Meanwhile, the fight for a ...

How the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama in 1965 led to the creation of the Voting Rights Act, a pivotal ...

On March 15, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was introduced in the U.S. Senate, jointly sponsored by majority leader Mike ...