For over a decade now, the “be kind” brigade has been insisting that “trans” should be the next civil rights issue of our age ...

When national governments threaten human rights, localized movements provide a powerful means of resistance. Bleak as things ...

In this episode of Our Journey Forward, we focus on "The Bridge," one of the most powerful and emotional moments of our journey. The episode centers on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alab ...

Thursday, the movement for gay and lesbian equality scored a victory that only a decade before had seemed unimaginable. We ...

Birmingham's Prince Hall Masonic Temple, a key Civil Rights Movement site, is undergoing restoration as part of efforts to ...

The story of America is, in many ways, the story of The First Amendment. And when it comes to free speech, our standards are ...

In a New York Times essay, Andrew Sullivan examined how the gay rights movement transformed from civil rights victories to ...

New York Times journalist Kevin Sack says there was a “Charleston before 2015 and a Charleston after 2015″ in a discussion ...

With the sounds of birds and insects accompanying a humid mid-June morning, dozens of walkers trekked to keep a piece of ...

If we don’t address the cracks within our own communities, none of us will ultimately achieve the liberation and support we ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. For the last four years, Alabama’s current Republican governor, Kay Ivey, used her executive powers to designate Juneteenth as a state holiday. The ...

For the past seven years, the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium has traveled around Alabama, sharing lesser-known stories of the civil rights movement.