A new sculpture in Oklahoma City will commemorate Clara Luper and her historic sit-ins, with construction underway and ...

A civil rights icon’s childhood home in New Orleans will not be a museum after opposition from her descendants. Opponents of the museum for New Orleans activist Oretha Castle Haley warned it was ...

In August 2023 a civil court issued a preliminary injunction barring Henderson-Chandler from “representing the legacy of Oretha Castle Haley in any manner whatsoever.” Henderson-Chandler, who is ...

ABC NEWS: Civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker Ruby Bridges made history at just 6 years old as the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

Civil Rights icon and Nashville native Vencen Horsley has died. Horsley participated in sit-ins and fought against discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement. By: Emily R. West , Kelsey Gibbs.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to rename at least one vessel that currently honors a civil rights icon.. On Tuesday, Military.com reported that it reviewed a memo from ...

Civil rights icon Dr. Otis Moss Jr., wife Edwina celebrate 90th birthdays together in Cleveland. The Mosses worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who even co-officiated their wedding.

A new sculpture in Oklahoma City will commemorate Clara Luper and her historic sit-ins, with construction underway and completion expected by Nov. 1.

The New Orleans City Council has rejected plans to turn a historic home connected with the life of civil rights movement leader Oretha Castle Haley into a museum.